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  1. opportunist, self-seekeradjective

    a person who places expediency above principle

    Synonyms:
    self-seeker

    Antonyms:
    inexpedient

  2. opportunist, opportunistic, timeservingadjective

    taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit

    Synonyms:
    opportunistic, timeserving

    Antonyms:
    inexpedient

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  1. Jessica Vaughan from the Center:

    We don't want to turn away people who are genuinely in danger but we know from experience that most of the people that are arriving at our border are not in that category. We have to find an effective way to deter frivolous or opportunist asylum-seekers.

  2. Mark Baute:

    The accuser is an opportunist, not a victim, and her claim is not credible. Kelli Tennant intend to prove this in a courtroom.

  3. Rochelle Walensky:

    Looking county by county, there are some unsettling gaps in our coverage, because this virus is an opportunist, we anticipate that the areas of lightest vaccine coverage now might be where the virus strikes next.

  4. Matt Fleming:

    He is not a Republican, he is not a Democrat, he is an opportunist, we completely condemn what he says and what he stands for.

  5. Rochelle Walensky:

    This virus is an opportunist, as long as there are those who are not vaccinated, Covid-19 will remain a threat.


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