How to Use window of opportunity in a Sentence

window of opportunity

noun phrase
  • If so, grab it, because this window of opportunity will be brief.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025
  • There was a window of opportunity to, if not to end this, reach an interim deal last month.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Still, there is now a rare window of opportunity to begin winding down the war.
    — April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2019
  • If so, be ready to act quickly, because your window of opportunity will be brief.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
  • There’s a window of opportunity for these storms to be severe with gusty winds and hail (mainly to the east).
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Exes may or may not make a quick cameo, but again, don’t fret — this is your window of opportunity for closure.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But the window of opportunity is closing, and time is not on Ukraine's side.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • And a shaky cease-fire leaving only a small window of opportunity.
    — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • If so, act quickly, because this window of opportunity will be brief.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
  • If so, act quickly, because this window of opportunity will be brief.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The narrow window of opportunity to win something seemed to close.
    — James Horncastle, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, but the window of opportunity for change is ridiculously small.
    — Jeff Smith, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • If so, act quickly, because this window of opportunity is brief.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 29 July 2024
  • Keep an open mind and show compassion; a window of opportunity will appear.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
  • There was no dithering, just a window of opportunity narrowing by the minute.
    — Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Their window of opportunity inches closer to shut with each passing game.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • For a few more weeks, Angelenos, your window of opportunity is open.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The space agency had only a short window of opportunity to salvage the mission.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The window of opportunity to establish expertise and build a brand is wide open.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The countdown to the end of vacation time has begun, but there's still a window of opportunity to soak up the last rays of summer.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • My window of opportunity is short.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The window of opportunity to enter the playoffs is closing fast.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This rapid pace creates a narrow window of opportunity for investors.
    — Francis Hellyer, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • There’s still a window of opportunity to revisit — or even beat —recent gas price lows, but that window will begin to close soon.
    — Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
  • By the time Gallant could get through, several hours later, the window of opportunity for an airstrike had been lost.
    — Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
  • Your input will open a window of opportunity to engage in something that interests you.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
  • Grvt’s window of opportunity may be narrow.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Brad Marchand is the king of taking a small window of opportunity and turning it into something much grander, but this may be his finest work yet.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 15 June 2025
  • For now, that decision is up in the air, and publishers are taking advantage of a small window of opportunity.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
  • But the window of opportunity is shrinking quickly.
    — Annie Nova, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026

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