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best bet

NOUN
front runner
Synonyms
WEAK
favorite first choice forerunner top seed
NOUN
odds-on-favorite
Synonyms
WEAK
chalk horse contender favorite first choice front-runner public choice top horse top seed

Example Sentences

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Your best bet is guaranteed-issue whole life insurance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

His best bet is to get close and just keep working.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Anbritt Stengele, founder of the sports-themed trip-planning company Sports Traveler, said your best bet might be tickets at matchups featuring non-top seeds like New Zealand or Curaçao, the smallest qualifying nation ever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

If streaming is your top reason for using a VPN, while NordVPN is no slouch on streaming, ExpressVPN will be your best bet.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Their best bet for doing that was to vent steam through the torus.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland