opportuneness

noun

Definition of opportunenessnext
as in usefulness

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  1. usefulness
  2. timeliness
  3. practicality
  4. feasibility
Noun
  • Such applications could make skin markings easier to conceal while preserving their usefulness when needed.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Almeida saw a gap between models’ ability to answer people’s questions and their usefulness in automating routine work.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • Though postponed, the 73-year-old musician knew the band’s messages would land with as much timeliness as ever.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The curators, David Breslin and Brinda Kumar, don’t accomplish this with appeals to timeliness or relevance but with a mighty selection of pieces—more than a hundred and twenty, from eighty-two different institutions—and smart exhibition design.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of timeliness
Noun
  • Perhaps buyers aren’t rediscovering minivans so much as rediscovering practicality.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Tiffany Hsu, Mytheresa’s chief buying and group fashion venture officer, notes a clear shift away from the ease and practicality that’s dominated the last few years.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of practicality
Noun
  • The moonshot idea of putting AI data centers into outer space just moved one step closer to reality, despite doubts about its feasibility.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Advances in semen freezing in the late 1940s greatly expanded the feasibility of artificial insemination.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of feasibility
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