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window_of_opportunity

window of opportunity

English

Noun

window of opportunity (plural windows of opportunity)

  1. A period of time in which suitable action can achieve success.
    • 2013, Martina Hyde, Is the pope Catholic? (in The Guardian, 20 September 2013)
      The Lord moves in mysterious ways – though not a thousandth as mysterious as those of his senior personnel from time to time – so there is no earthly possibility of predicting how long the window of opportunity enjoyed by Pope Francis is likely to be.

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