at best
Example Sentences
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They thought it was a long shot at best that he’d come watch them play.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Won’t it be teeth-grindingly annoying, at best, if more people start parading their green virtues?
From Slate • May 15, 2026
And although the phrase was thrown at Ariana Grande before a screening of “Wicked,” her work as Glinda was big sister at best.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Thermal energy stored as heat might only last a few hours, days or months at best.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“Typhon is stirring. It is very likely that soon, in a few months, perhaps a year at best, he will escape his bonds.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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