They seem to have a kairotic sense of timing. Some people dismiss this as luck. But it's much more than that.
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Kairotic
Synonyms for "kairotic" (10 found)
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The present captured in a cartoon is a kairotic present—a present that affects the life of a people, the destiny of a nation
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Regardless of the quantity of the duration, because a kairotic event cannot happen at just “any time,” it is also distinct from an abstract articulation of chance. A kairiotic event does not happen randomly; in some qualititative sense, it is a "time of crisis [and] . . . opportunity," which is solicited or even demanded by the situation itself (Smith 10).
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Kairotic moments may present themselves to vigilant rhetors, but in turn rhetors can craft a kairotic moment as well.
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