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as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
a two-faced chancer, he doesn't hesitate to dump people when they are no longer of any use
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as in opportunist
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong
betrayed by a chancer who, she mistakenly thought, was her friend
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Noun
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So to call the film chameleonic rather undersells the gonzo thematic transformations Laxe engineers — chameleons, after all, merely change color.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2025 -
Feliz plays Samantha Reed who has been trained by her father to be a weapons expert, skilled martial artist and true chameleon all while hiding a mysterious past.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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The tumult did not escape the notice of opportunists elsewhere.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Beyond the superrich, however, are tens of thousands of other opportunists who have benefited from war, such as the entrepreneurs who make money from sanctions-busting.—
ALEXANDER GABUEV,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2025
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Hall, a 33-year-old former MVP who’d spent 1 1/2 seasons of his dwindling prime killing time on an NHL bottom-feeder, did in May exactly what Carolina acquired him to do back in January.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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And a lot of them are like the rig shark — smaller bottom-feeders, eaten by larger sharks and humans alike.—
Julie Depenbrock,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Chancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chancer. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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