at best
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"What they're being offered is, at best, a job, and for many, a precarious one," said the specialist in social movements at the Catholic University of Louvain.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
France is running a budget deficit of about 5% of GDP, and nominal growth—real economic growth plus inflation—is forecast to be 3% at best.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
"What's concerning here is public money has been used to fund an ad which at best has been ill-thought out, and at worst is offensive and potentially damaging to our older population," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Arduous tests loom during the second half of the season, however, making the chances of getting the nod from the CFP selection committee a coin flip at best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Just this,’ he thought: ‘encumber a rider, and hope at best to stay in my seat and not be pounded to death by galloping hoofs!’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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