opportune

Example Sentences

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By implication, he suggests, the Trump era might have been avoided had different choices been made at opportune moments.

From Washington Post

We found several instances in which the days executives traded in their competitors' stock were more opportune — if not the most opportune — over certain windows of time.

From Salon

There has never been a more opportune time for governments and financial institutions to reconsider this false dichotomy.

From Washington Post

The criminals waited for an opportune moment to break into the tractor-trailer and may have not known how big a haul awaited them, the sources said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Myanmar has a history of releasing prisoners at politically opportune times,” Tim O’Connor of Amnesty International Australia said in a statement.

From Washington Post