ideal

Example Sentences

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Clover has been recovering well at the zoo and is getting close to her ideal body weight for her age.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"Of course, we wanted to stop them getting chances and in an ideal world there are no shots but it was two really good teams going against each other."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The American Heart Association recommends limiting sodium intake to no more than 2,300 mg per day, with an ideal target of less than 1,500 mg for most adults, especially those with high blood pressure.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The ideal coffee cake lives in a narrow textural corridor.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

They’d admired these aspects of her personality from a distance before they actually met her, but now that she was living and working with them in the flesh, she was their ideal leader.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein