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as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
ever the opportunist, she immediately set about becoming the incoming administrator's new best friend
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as in bottom-feeder
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong
an opportunist who makes friends and then drops them as soon as they aren't useful anymore
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Recent Examples of opportunist
Stop electing these opportunists, and please run candidates that care about our state and its citizens.
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
As the fires spread, opportunists began looting in the wildfire evacuation zones across parts of the L.A. metro region, police said on Thursday.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
With the deadline for New York’s Gender-Motivated Violence Act expiring tomorrow, opportunists are scrambling to file last-minute, meritless claims.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 28 Feb. 2025
While the Tron community sees him as a visionary, his detractors see him as an opportunist who thrives on hype, said Gareth Rhodes, managing director at advisory firm Pacific Street.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
As the fires spread, opportunists began looting in the wildfire evacuation zones across parts of the L.A. metro region, police said on Thursday.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
With the deadline for New York’s Gender-Motivated Violence Act expiring tomorrow, opportunists are scrambling to file last-minute, meritless claims.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 28 Feb. 2025
While the Tron community sees him as a visionary, his detractors see him as an opportunist who thrives on hype, said Gareth Rhodes, managing director at advisory firm Pacific Street.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunist
Noun
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Izzo concedes that he’s been a bit of a chameleon over the years.—
Paul Newberry,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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This outfit highlights how the artist is one of the most interesting fashion chameleons in the music industry currently.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
28 Mar. 2025
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Decades before the memes and punchlines, the Broward native spawned a fictional franchise populated by preposterous oddballs, bottom-feeders and other shadowy denizens of the Sunshine State.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
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Since winning at Boise State on Jan. 4 and blowing out Air Force at home four days later, the season had become a grind – a double-digit loss at New Mexico, a rare home loss against UNLV, a string of ugly wins against the Mountain West’s bottom-feeders after overcoming dangerously large deficits.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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As the massive marine animals close in on Florida’s spring break destinations, experts stress that shark attacks are tracking much lower than average across the world.—
Julia Bonavita,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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There are three male sharks in Shark Valley named Murdoch, Trio and Napoleon, and any of them could be Archie’s father, the aquarium said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster.—
Daniel Byman,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Oct. 2019
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McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.—
Steve Coll,
The New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2023
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“Opportunist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunist. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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