opportunistically
Americanadverb
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in a way that suggests or is characterized by opportunism.
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Pathology. (of a microorganism) in an opportunistic way; under certain conditions, such as when the host is weakened or malnourished.
Example Sentences
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That work suggested the ancestor of crown snakes, meaning the group that gave rise to living snakes, may have been adapted for burrowing while also behaving opportunistically.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
“Heightening caution further is the distinct possibility of the MoF opportunistically seizing year-end, holiday-thinned markets to maximize the ‘free hand’ impact,” the head of macro research for Asia ex-Japan said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
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.
From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025
"The Chinese Intelligence Services are interested in acquiring information from a number of sources, including policymakers, government staff and democratic institutions and are able to act opportunistically to gather all information they can."
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
“It seemed the dealers were just sitting on my lists and bidding extremely opportunistically themselves,” said Burry.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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