opportune
Example Sentences
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Having said all that, luck and an opportune break or two are still key ingredients to political success, as Davis suggested.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
His counsel is always opportune: “To live peacefully with those that are harsh and perverse, or disorderly, or such as oppose us, is a great grace, and highly commendable and manly.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Instead, he saw it as an opportune moment to take stock after a "hectic" schedule.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
They sketched out priorities and drafted legislative language on whiteboards, then waited for the opportune moment to introduce a bill.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
Although in one instance the bearers of not good tidings, Mr. and Mrs. Weston’s visit this morning was in another respect particularly opportune.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing opportune
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