optimum
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"This allows us to gain a better understanding of how the substances work and determine the optimum composition of the toothpaste's active ingredients," Schilling explains.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Jackson also noted that once temperatures rise above the optimum, the range in which organisms can survive becomes narrower.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
The engineers have to work out how best to deploy whatever energy they can recover through a lap for the optimum performance.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
“It doesn’t operate at the optimum performance that was originally modeled, but it still generates electricity for 120,000 homes in California,” Hogan said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026
It’s where you want your bat to meet the ball, the spot where the optimum amount of energy gets transferred.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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