opine
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He said, however, that as a military industrial base analyst, it wasn’t his place to opine on whether this sort of intense military investment should be the budget priority of the American government.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
“If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful. You’ve got to make sure it’s anchored in the truth,” he admonished the pontiff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
The OLC has the power to opine on whatever the OLC wants to opine on, but it’s just that; it’s an opinion.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2026
“While we cannot opine on the ultimate shape of the software industry, we believe the chip industry has been and will continue to be positively levered to the AI buildout,” Arya said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
Obviously, I opine, the cause is individualism, isolation, caprice,—and as obviously, I ween, the only cure is combination, organization, system.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
When life gets you down, Danny Palumbo opines, nothing is more soothing than eating a meal prepared with love.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Interest rate increases are one of Wall Street’s concerns, and those seem to be on the table, potentially as soon as this fall, opines Capital Economics’ Chief North America Economist Stephen Brown.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
A note from one of the investment bank’s analysts opines that Macquarie is entering a strong growth phase where “market conditions, industry dynamics and internal transition converge.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
This plays into the hands of small-cap and midcap stocks, Hartnett opines.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
He opines that Cain and Abel were vegetarians and never enjoyed a beef-steak or a mutton-chop.
From Bible Romances First Series by Foote, G. W. (George William)
No surprise, the panel agreed with him and concocted pretexts to kill the treatment—for instance, the staff opined that maybe biopsies had zapped the tumors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Ford…has in his social endeavor committed economic blunders, if not crimes,” The Wall Street Journal opined on Jan. 7, 1914.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
“His many detractors should grant that his comments late Saturday at a White House press briefing hit the right notes of gratitude and comity,” the Wall Street Journal editorial board opined.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2026
He also opined that the Strategy cost price is not as important as people think.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
Sensible that I should speak and join the frolic, I opined that I should like to hear their especial call, having never heard human imitate that animal’s cry.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Analysts are opining about the impact on global trade, which influences corporate earnings, but it’s too early to draw significant conclusions.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Berkshire’s mountain of cash and equivalents increased to another record, with some analysts opining that it might reflect a decision by Buffett to leave big purchasing decisions to Abel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
The film flopped - with Time magazine opining that "nothing can save this picture".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
Before there were blogs, there were Voice columnists riffing off the headlines and opining on the latest trends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
The secret of his pessimist opining, Is—all his dramas are declined—with thanks!
From Mr. Punch at the Play Humours of Music and the Drama by Various
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