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ideally

[ahy-dee-uh-lee] / aɪˈdi ə li /




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Just with no reservations, no bottomless anything and, ideally, very few dishes.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Though occasionally less than ideally written and acted, “The Odyssey,” as a feast of image and sound, is an exceptional cinematic experience.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

They say similar experiments should eventually be carried out with less enculturated apes, ideally wild populations.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Warsh has to tame excess inflation — ruling out near-term rate reductions — and ideally avoid steep rate increases that make credit even more costly to obtain.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

He didn’t come back right away, and I figured he was having a caterpillar dessert and would come snuggle in later, ideally not waking me up in the process.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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