golden opportunity

noun

: an excellent chance to do or get something

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However, some late cautions erased much of Kirkwood's work, and presented a golden opportunity to Arrow McLaren's Christian Lundgaard. — Matt Reigle , Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 This is a golden opportunity to bring Major League Baseball to Orlando. — Bradley D. Blum, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 The rebels, meanwhile, saw a golden opportunity to reopen an airspace long shut by Saudi Arabia. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 Even the proposal of a new European army to potentially replace NATO forces seems to be little more than a golden opportunity for American arms manufacturers. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for golden opportunity

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“Golden opportunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20opportunity. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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