seize the opportunity

Example Sentences

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Given the chance, many people would seize the opportunity to live among like-minded neighbors, to educate their children according to their beliefs, and to preserve their culture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

If mortgage rates ease to the 6% level some economists expect in 2026, more borrowers could seize the opportunity to refinance.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

But what would it look like if he did seize the opportunity?

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

Just like football coaches travel to colleges and other high schools looking for new ideas, schools need to seize the opportunity to empower their own students as broadcasters, leading to greater exposure.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024

Ebright seemed eager to seize the opportunity to exact revenge for the wrongs he had imputed to Pocock.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown