opportunity
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Mark Rieth, former owner of a craft beer brewery that is a short walk from the riverfront, decided that Bedrock’s investment creates an opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Once I get the opportunity I just need to show myself, and once I do that, everything will take care of itself.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Eclipses are an opportunity to "test just how good our models are -- or how bad," the mission's co-principal investigator Miho Janvier said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
This allowed the actors the unusual opportunity to explore new facets of their characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Though I long to meet your three pupils, and plan to do so at the earliest safe opportunity, for now it is best that we talk alone.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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“Even just this right here, you’re talking about over 125 plate appearances that you’re missing out on, and also opportunities to catch major league innings. So I feel for Dalton.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“The best opportunities for Rio could emerge in a downturn.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Schwimmer said paleontology and other natural, Earth and space sciences can give students at regional universities opportunities to conduct meaningful "backyard research."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
And the sheer scale and complexity of the Medicaid system – joint federal-state funding, varying eligibility requirements, millions of enrollees and thousands of providers – created opportunities for questionable billing practices among providers.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
While this circumstance is horribly unfortunate for them, it does create important opportunities for a multiracial, bottom-up resistance movement, one in which people of all races can claim a clear stake.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Vocabulary lists containing opportunity
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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