opine
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He says he told the chatbot, “I wasn’t trying to have you opine about my divorce at every chance.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
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
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
Referring to the K-shaped economy, the Evercore authors also opine that blue-collar workers would be less affected because robots will not be able to fully replicate manual activities.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
Some opine that it is a corruption of per and manus.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai
OpenAI has an advantage, Ahn opines, chiefly in terms of brand recognition or “a better consumer franchise” but they too might have difficulty reaching the $1 trillion valuation they reportedly seek.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
“The long-run prospects for the broad market look as poor as almost any time in history,” Mr. Grantham opines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 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 G. W. (George William) Foote
The post sought to downplay the gravity of the situation and opined that investors are likely to give Aschenbrenner the benefit of the doubt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The biggest one, Salim opined, is the cost of what can happen when you let yourself be run or dictated by ego or by pride.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 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
“This is like taking down a tree,” opined Ed.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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In nine years as Richmond Fed president he has built a practice of describing what he is learning from businesses, colleges, and community groups across his district rather than opining on where rates should go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
Mr Altman then hit back in an interview with Bloomberg, opining that Mr Musk is not "a happy person" and saying his decisions are made from a "position of insecurity".
From BBC ● Feb. 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
Bashville, the footman, had risked his popularity there by opining that Miss Goff was a fine young woman.
From Cashel Byron's Profession by Bernard Shaw
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