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