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opportunity

[op-er-too-ni-tee, -tyoo-] / ˌɒp ərˈtu nɪ ti, -ˈtyu- /


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And as New York City’s new health commissioner, I have an opportunity to deliver on this affordability agenda.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Market watchers will also be interested in the commercial opportunity for its giredestrant breast cancer drug, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The article concludes that Becerra must dramatically shift his approach to seize what may be his only genuine opportunity to become governor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Hunt had already started work on the play when, while filming Season 3 of “Ted Lasso” in London, he got an opportunity for the chance meeting of a lifetime.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

It would have been a perfect opportunity for a lesson on the relationship between neoclassical and Greek Revival styles of architecture; alas, there was no time.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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