optimal
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Still, the WireGuard protocol ensures optimal performance in many cases, and the speeds we got during testing were still completely usable for most tasks.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
"This ensures optimal coupling of the metasurface to the detection elements," notes corresponding author Wladislaw Michailow, who led the research at the University of Cambridge and later at Swansea University in the UK.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
That does not give you an exact time frame — the optimal one is sometime between now and when you die.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
If you have a better sense of how long you’ll live, you can claim Social Security at the optimal time and adjust your portfolio to match your expected life span.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
“I see no better option. But there will be many monster attacks. I would feel better taking a third person. That’s the optimal number for a quest.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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