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What is the noun for opportunity?

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opportunivore
  1. A person who subsists on still-edible food that has been or was going to be discarded.
  2. One who will generally eat whatever is available, having a diet that excludes few foods.
  3. A person who actively seeks or takes advantage of opportunities.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Alice, the opportunivore, always scours dumpsters to salvage perfectly good food that has been discarded by others.”
opportunity
  1. A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
  2. A favorable circumstance or occasion.
  3. (nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness
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  5. Examples:
    1. “There was no opportunity for career advancement at my last place of employment.”
      “The conference provided us with an ideal opportunity to meet new people.”
      “It also provided them the much-awaited opportunity to give vent to their creative energy.”
opportunist
  1. Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Nicholls, a self-confessed opportunist, says it is all about exploiting the right opportunities when they come along.”
      “He was at best merely an aphorist, and at worst an opportunist who used selective silence as a means of self-promotion.”
      “The denazification board portrayed him as more of a victim than an opportunist.”
opportunism
  1. The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Is it not true that power politics is the main cause of opportunism which enhances corruption and political misrule?”
      “His strategy is rooted not only in calculated opportunism, but also in a rock-hard philosophy of how the game must be played today.”
      “Partly that is a result of rancor and opportunism, but it also inheres in a pre-emptive engagement.”
opportuneness
  1. the state or condition of being opportune
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Court applied the opportuneness criterion and informed the defendants of the requests by López y López, which were accepted.”
      “The mission tolerates no anxiety over the danger it presents, or concerning its opportuneness.”
      “These parameters will need to be taken into account during the future discussion on the opportuneness of this instrument.”
oppurtunity
  1. Misspelling of opportunity.
  2. Examples:
    1. “She likes the way that her job gives her the oppurtunity to share and work with so many other departments.”
      “Here, international designers are given the oppurtunity to present their creations and promote their expertise.”
      “This is an ideal career oppurtunity for individuals who enjoy working in a dynamic environment.”
opportunivores
opportunisms
opportunists
  1. plural of opportunist
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This suggests that dibblers are essentially insectivorous dietary generalists and opportunists.”
      “This is supposedly the best season for opportunists to appear on campus and steal while we are out enjoying the sun and playing frisbee.”
      “It said criminals are more likely to be opportunists making the most of chances that arise in their everyday lives.”
opportunities
  1. plural of opportunity
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The high seas harbour a host of job opportunities for those driven by wanderlust and the desire for a life away from the humdrum.”
      “By limiting the number of children, they intended to give them better opportunities.”
      “I would stand in a corner watchfully, taking pictures as the opportunities came.”
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