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Definitions

for the best

ADJECTIVE
advantageous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
auspicious beneficial expedient fortunate helpful opportune profitable propitious worthwhile
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disadvantageous harmful inauspicious inopportune unfortunate unhappy unhelpful unlucky unprofitable worthless

Example Sentences

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“At Amnesty, we are really hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

That puts it on track for the best one-month performance since the record 50.4% rally in February 2000, which was the month before the dot-com bubble started to deflate.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Now she shops around for the best deals, often buying her groceries at Aldi or the Walmart-owned Sam’s Club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

It’s for the best, in the long run, that the Ethics Committee appears to have retained control over these cases amid the ongoing call for blood.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

And if there was the slightest, tiniest change in Derek, any indication at all that he was coming out of it, Brian would call the trip off and hope for the best.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen