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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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Instead of sloshing cream into a hot skillet and hoping for the best, we are going to build a sauce with posture.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

It has made for the best group chats with his parents and sister he can remember.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

For many cancer patients and their loved ones, it’s easier to expect the worst and hope for the best than it is to expect the best, only to be cruelly disappointed.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

All they can do is keep the ship afloat and hope for the best.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

He remembered his talk with Vikus, and tried to hope for the best.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins