opportunity
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“This El Niño year is a huge opportunity for our water system,” said Julie Rentner, president of the nonprofit group River Partners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Bringing a new category of aircraft to market is a once-in-a-generation opportunity and it is especially rewarding to do that here in Great Britain, drawing on the country's proud aviation heritage."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The investment opportunity is something more durable: getting around the needle without giving up the potency that made peptide drugs so valuable in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
That refers to the balancing act that’s required as estimates shift between different quarters to reflect how the Nvidia opportunity is more linked to next year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
She had no idea how to get tickets or what they might cost, but she resolved to look into it at the earliest opportunity.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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“Less carbon removal and more powering compute and physical AI,” Purdom said about where the firm is seeing opportunities now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
I don’t want to escalate too quickly and create pressure, but I also don’t want to miss opportunities by hesitating too long.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Morgan, who was born and bred on the island and returned 15 years ago after living and working abroad, said social housing created more opportunities for islanders to come home.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“We’ve had more injuries than we would have liked this season, but with that came opportunities for guys that gained a lot of valuable experience,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
With the tsunami, the economy of Fukushima had come to a sudden halt, so there were few opportunities for work for former residents if they returned.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Vocabulary lists containing opportunity
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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