as in aggressive
attentive to and ready to act on opportunities for personal gain or advancement
The opportunistic salesperson was always on the lookout for potential new customers.
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Recent Examples of opportunistic
This isn’t great for workers looking to move to more opportunistic areas.
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
The Rams remain in search of a totally complete performance, one that includes a high-powered offense, suffocating defense and opportunistic special teams.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Everything is clicking, from an unstoppable run game led by senior Larry Stringham to dominant line play on both sides and an opportunistic defense, where Zachary Beitler and Mikey Brow have made big plays.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov. 2024
The Patriots used an impressive front line and an opportunistic offense to defeat Howard, 26-24, 25-26, 25-19 at Paint Branch.
—Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
The Rams remain in search of a totally complete performance, one that includes a high-powered offense, suffocating defense and opportunistic special teams.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Everything is clicking, from an unstoppable run game led by senior Larry Stringham to dominant line play on both sides and an opportunistic defense, where Zachary Beitler and Mikey Brow have made big plays.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov. 2024
The Patriots used an impressive front line and an opportunistic offense to defeat Howard, 26-24, 25-26, 25-19 at Paint Branch.
—Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunistic
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But proceed with caution, as character actors are extremely protective of their acting prospects, and are known to become aggressive when placed in the same room.Graeme Carey, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, record global temperatures and California’s aggressive regulatory actions served as stark reminders of the urgency of balancing energy growth with sustainability.Robert Rapier, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Instead, strategists drew on something that emerged from those focus groups: a fundamental belief in the value of diligent labor.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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The housekeeping staff was diligent, and the management team had a clear emphasis on high touch unobtrusive service, all of which plus the ongoing dance party music throughout bolsters the desire of guests to return soon and frequently to repeat the experience.Eric Fuller, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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For years now, aspiring parents have been designing their children.Emi Nietfeld, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
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Likewise, a sheet-pan dinner cookbook might not appeal to the aspiring star baker who wants to tackle more multistep projects in the new year.The Bon Appétit and Epicurious Staffs, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
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His goal and assist against Villa were warranted by an industrious, threatening individual performance in which his darting runs behind perfectly exploited the space and played on Palace’s swift movement of the ball.Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Abbas recently turned 80 and is known to be an industrious smoker.Ghaith al-Omari, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2015
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Missed by the Austrians is that Treasury’s borrowing power has nothing to do with intensely simplistic notions about printing presses, and everything to do with the sad fact that Treasury has taxable access to the production of the most enterprising people on earth.John Tamny, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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For the slightly more enterprising, there’s always Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist, where an Ikea item with a little more life in it might actually be worth it to someone to hop on the subway and lug it home.Lindy Segal, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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Anchoring it all is the bickering dynamic and powerful bond between Sam/Charly and Mitch.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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So what looks like a beautiful pastoral winter scene in these Mars Express images is actually a dynamic summer scene, where gas jets spew dust across the surface.Brett Tingley, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Opportunistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunistic. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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