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opportunistically

American  
[ahp-er-too-nist-ik-lee] / ˌɑp ər tuˈnɪst ɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a way that suggests or is characterized by opportunism.

  2. Pathology. (of a microorganism) in an opportunistic way; under certain conditions, such as when the host is weakened or malnourished.


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But he acknowledged that the Fed’s preferred metric, core personal consumption expenditures inflation, is running near 3% and that policymakers shouldn’t switch opportunistically between price measures to justify a preferred outcome.

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“When combined with lower capex and cash interest expense, 2026 is forecast to deliver strong free cash flow that we expect to use to pay down debt and opportunistically repurchase our common stock,” Reeg said.

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Stock is issued as a last resort or opportunistically in overheated markets.

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“It seemed the dealers were just sitting on my lists and bidding extremely opportunistically themselves,” said Burry.

From Literature

In addition, the portfolio manager can opportunistically use mutual fund cash flows to rebalance positions, which may help further reduce tracking error relative to a mutual fund.

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