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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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In fact, not shopping around for the best mortgage can cost home buyers thousands of dollars in the long run.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Bravo, too, to the AS Boutique hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for the best complimentary hotel breakfast I’ve had and for stocking the minifridges in its rooms with complimentary water, beer, juice and soda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It’s for the best, in the long run, that the Ethics Committee appears to have retained control over these cases amid the ongoing call for blood.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

"We have to just anticipate the worst, hope for the best, and that's kind of where we're at."

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

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

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins