windows of opportunity
windows of opportunity is the plural of window of opportunity.
Meaning of window of opportunity
Noun
window of opportunity (plural windows of opportunity)
- A (usually limited) period of time in which suitable action can achieve success.
- U.S. officials also thought a preventive war [against the Soviet Union] would be costly, and U.S. allies would be disapproving. Thus U.S. leaders saw a fading window of opportunity, but the opportunity was not very attractive; it would not be followed by vulnerability; and it probably would not be...1999, Stephen Van Evera, “Power Shifts: Windows of Opportunity and Vulnerability”, in Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict, Ithaca, N.Y.; London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 102
Questions about windows of opportunity
- What is windows of opportunity the plural of?
- Windows of opportunity is the plural of window of opportunity.
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