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ideal

[ahy-dee-uhl, ahy-deel] / aɪˈdi əl, aɪˈdil /




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Eventually known as teddy bears, the toys, which the couple sold out of their Bedford-Stuyvesant shop, were so popular that Michtom abandoned the candy business and founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Additional money is being provided by Hull-based boilermaker Ideal Heating.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

Ideal locations would be in urban centers where there are clusters of offices and stores in close proximity to dense residential neighborhoods, all surrounded by heavy traffic year-round.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Ideal theory tells us what a just world would look like and how people in such a world should act.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2024

I.I.H., for the uninitiated, stood for Ideal Indian Husband.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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