Thesaurus results for OPPORTUNITIES

opportunities

noun

plural of opportunity

as in chances

a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place this art school could be a wonderful opportunity for you to finally develop your talent for painting

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Recent Examples of opportunities The court also found that families in many rural counties have substantially fewer opportunities to use EdChoice vouchers. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 The event, for golfers and non-golfers, will include golf instruction, interactive activities, music, food and opportunities to connect with founders Ajanaku and Cooper, community leaders, local organizations, and others. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 Toon2Tango will combine the Mediawan Kids & Family portfolio with its own productions and selected IP from Leonine Studios to develop licensing opportunities and consumer products partnerships worldwide. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 In 2025, the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency offered her two housing opportunities at roughly the same time. — Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Antonino Stefanucci, senior mandate manager for the European Commission, addressed a new European Investment Fund, or a digital platform giving private institutional investors direct access to European investment opportunities. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026 Disney offered creators a wide variety of future opportunities, including set visits, press junkets and red carpet interviews with talent. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Summits between world leaders are critical opportunities to advance the cause of global stability and must be treated as such. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026 Evidence showed that Alfozan had been chatting with a member of the KSA royal family on WhatsApp, while pursuing opportunities to permanently move back to Saudi Arabia during the country’s biggest AI push yet, the government argued. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

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chances

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Fans are cautious about discussing UCLA’s chances of making the College Football Playoff, despite the Bruins becoming the last undefeated team in the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference.

— Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Though that doesn’t mean the Texas head coach is ready to risk the chances of them making the CFP if Arch cannot show progress in the first half on Saturday.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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