Opportunity and Shift

Opportunity

Opportunity noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Shift and opportunity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Opportunity".

Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Opportunity and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Opportunity" instead a noun "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

full	full opportunity	full shift
clear	clear opportunity	clear shift
similar	similar opportunity	similar shift
brief	brief opportunity	brief shift
Other adjectives: single, actual, real, big, huge, new, major, final, further, next, last, occasional, resulting, biggest.

Beetle Bailey gives an example that has been around since 1950, so that the art has had an opportunity to shift around for several decades even after it found its own distinctive shape.

Source: Art Evolution / Comic Strips
In season three, her motive seems to shift to ruthless ambition when she is presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break a major IRA network in the US.

Source: Series / Sons of Anarchy
The creators take the opportunity for a genre shift and Ship Tease the cast.

Source: High School A.U.

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Shift and Opportunity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/opportunity/shift

Opportunity & Shift. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/opportunity/shift>.

Shift or Opportunity. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/opportunity/shift.

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