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
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
At the L-shaped stone counter, furnished with fresh flowers and laboratory-like brewing equipment, the inviting baristas opine on the international bean choices from Habakuk’s Hanoi roasting partner, Flusso.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 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
"I opine that I am speaking to a grandson of my cousin Marcia Keith and her husband, Stuart Keith, of Pleasant Plains, Indiana?"
From Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Martha Finley
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 Spartans might be . . . viewed as parasites, feeding off the forced labor of their helots,” he opines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Withering opines it would be money well spent.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
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
He’s shown up at games, kept league commissioners close, and opined on trades and rule changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
“The surge in the ISM Manufacturing Index in January suggests that after years of malaise, perhaps the manufacturing sector might be turning a corner,” opined Alexandra Brown, North America economist at Capital Economics.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
At length, Bono opined, “I don’t believe those impatiens will ever grow near the pine tree. What do you reckon?”
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
“Any insinuation from any party opining that filing decisions are made—or, in this case, not made—in an effort to influence crime data is unaware, uneducated, or uninformed about how our office operates,” Chapman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
The film flopped - with Time magazine opining that "nothing can save this picture".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
They mostly speak anonymously, in case he actually regains power, but they speak nonetheless, ignoring norms against opining about another country’s election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
He carried to the selection looking around, criticizing, opining.
From Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
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