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opening move

noun opening moves

  1. A move that is used to start a game such as chess.
  2. broadly The beginning of a conversation, transaction, etc. In her short time as CEO, she led an overhaul of the app, which changed how men and women initiate conversations on the app (it was built on the premise of women making the “opening move”).

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noun move to start a game

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@misc{opening_move_2026,
  title = {opening move},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/opening%20move},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}