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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Kristin talks with peers, peers’ parents, and every staff member, explaining how the dog is trained, how to behave around it, and soothing any worries regarding potential aggressive actions.Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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What drove a lot of interest and buzz around the movie was a reported real-life feud between Blake Lively and star/director Justin Baldoni, which featured things like dramatic press tours, people not following people on Instagram and some passive aggressive press comments.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Some 20 years later, another Times writer, sounding like an anti-DEI whiner, wrote approvingly about diligent Indians grateful for free schooling and medical services, and disapprovingly about the Indians who weren’t.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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The co-worker said the baby’s father was a diligent worker but somewhat odd.Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Her story continues to inspire both present-day racers and the young aspiring generation who look up to her barrier-breaking feats.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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Suddenly, every aspiring blockbuster has its own novelty bucket.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 26 Nov. 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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Smart is so magnificently regal, Einbinder so winningly sarcastic, that their dynamic just pops.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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That dynamic prompted Speaker Adams and scores of her Democratic colleagues to accuse the mayor earlier this year of deliberately launching his commission to stifle their initiative.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Opportunistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunistic. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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