second best

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South Korean stocks just registered their second best month ever and has overtaken one of the largest stock markets in the world.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

“The second best time to vlog … is after 48 hours of work and travel with no sleep,” he joked in one late-night video, “I think that’s how the saying goes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

"Celtic were so far second best in that first half," former Scotland winger Pat Nevin said.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

It’s a bit like that saying: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2026

One of his envious contemporaries called him “Beta,” the second letter of the Greek alphabet, because, he said, Eratosthenes was second best in the world in everything.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan