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ideal

Definition for ideal

adjective as in model, perfect

noun as in model

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This is “less than ideal” given a large proportion of its orders have staggered deliveries, the analyst adds.

The China-backed miner derives 74% of its total revenue as of 2024 from the metal and is increasing its copper assets, making it an ideal proxy to copper markets, she says.

Although not ideal for the deficit, those factors will support consumer spending.

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He thanked the crowd for hanging with the festival’s postponement — “I know it wasn’t ideal,” he said — and for “rocking with us for 11 years” of Flog Gnaw.

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But it isn’t the ideal figure for you if it means you and your wife aren’t happy anymore.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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