at best
Example Sentences
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And their contribution has been modest at best: Of the 103 World Cup goals England had scored prior to this tournament, overseas players supplied a grand total of three.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
There are good to very good players sprinkled around the team, but the collective is decidedly average, at best, in the rarefied air of a World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
“We’re here on what I would call a hunch or, at best, a suspicion,” said Brian Perkins, an attorney representing multiple victims in the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Japan Inc. is responding with a frenzy of stock splits, 60 of them in the first quarter of 2026 alone—an imperfect remedy at best.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The success of these hortatory campaigns has been mixed, at best, especially when it comes to the government’s highly unpopular efforts to lure city-bred people into back-breaking farm labor.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
