at best
Example Sentences
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But without a built-in funding mechanism, that realistically means that funding, if any, is year-by-year and unpredictable at best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Leaving the Spanish capital - even for a club as illustrious at Arsenal - would be viewed as, at best, a sidewards step.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Sitting down to discuss giving up the car, moving out of the family home, planning for medical care and how an estate is going to be handled is uncomfortable at best.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Unlike the other peptides, there are some studies assessing its clinical effectiveness; however, they were all conducted in the ’80s and ’90s, and the FDA described the results as “inconclusive and at best preliminary.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The data show that car seats are, at best, nominally helpful.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
