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ideally

[ahy-dee-uh-lee] / aɪˈdi ə li /




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Just with no reservations, no bottomless anything and, ideally, very few dishes.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

They say similar experiments should eventually be carried out with less enculturated apes, ideally wild populations.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Warsh has to tame excess inflation — ruling out near-term rate reductions — and ideally avoid steep rate increases that make credit even more costly to obtain.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

"That's what you're ideally hoping will happen around the world and this is why Fifa have to do so much to make sure the funds they get do reach everybody," Wright said.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

But a few evenings later, when several of us were sitting around a fire in the farmhouse, Ruth began telling us about the sort of office she’d ideally work in, and I immediately recognised it.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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