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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

But it also might be motivated to find quicker paths back for the best players, just as it did with Koepka.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

He said the situation brought home how reliant the country was on oil and he had been "constantly hunting around" for the best prices.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

But my days of sitting still and hoping for the best are over.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman