next best
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, I did the next best thing: I changed my pronouns back.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
If they can’t oppose every policy, “What’s the next best move?” she asked.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
"The next best option for us was going back to wood and coal."
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc ended the test with the single fastest lap time in an emphatic way - 0.811 seconds quicker than the next best time, set by Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
One summer my dad harpooned eighteen tuna, twice as many as the next best man in Spinney Cove.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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