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best

[best] / bɛst /










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But she said these teams "cannot fix a system that continues to police and criminalise sex workers" and that "decriminalisation is the best way to deliver safety and justice" for them.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Seoul and Tokyo enjoyed healthy gains in early exchanges, with chipmakers SK hynix and Kioxia among the best performers -- having been pummelled Thursday as investors bailed out of the once-dominant AI sector.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“So today marks the day that we build the first world’s best flying car and the last best driver’s car,” Lars Moravy, Tesla’s vice president of vehicle engineering, said at the event.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Better AI may be our best defense against its granting the wrong wishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The best frybread, next to her aunt Mabel’s and her new auntie Bernadette’s, that she had ever eaten.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

In 1971, the Osmonds tallied nine gold records, surpassing single-year bests by Elvis and the Beatles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

But that did not affect Hodgkinson as she dominated Friday's heat, before cruising to victory in Saturday's semi-final in a time faster than all but one of her fellow finalist's personal bests.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

Kenya's Doris Lemngole won the women's 3,000 in 8:31.39 with Britain's Hannah Nuttall second in 8:32.94 -- both personal bests.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

On a population-adjusted basis, by my calculation, only FDR bests him—FDR whose four presidential runs were all blowouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

“A sailor? A common sailor? A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? In-con-ceiv-a-ble. He must be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Otherwise it makes no sense.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

The Milwaukee Brewers have bested all three in the National League Championship Series, reaching Snell for the only three home runs he’s given up this season in a 6-2 win in Game 3 on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Case in point: “Heart of the Beast” was bested in its opening weekend by “Avengers Endgame: Encore,” a theatrical rerelease of Marvel’s 2019 hit.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Last year, Sivanandan became the youngest girl to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess when she bested 60-year-old Peter Wells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Its third-quarter guidance for both profit and sales, at the midpoint, also bested forecasts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Had she really bested Old Tallow, and at whose expense?

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Among the company’s business segments, second-quarter sales for aeronautics, which includes the F-35 fighter jet, rose 9.3% to $8.11 billion, besting the FactSet consensus of $7.61 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Since moving to Germany, Kane's numbers have gone stratospheric, besting Haaland's goal tallies every season and establishing himself as a frontrunner in the race for the Ballon d'Or.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The EV maker delivered 12,194 vehicles in the second quarter, besting its guidance in what’s been a bruising year for EVs in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

If an engineer capable of besting Eiffel did not step forward soon, Burnham knew, there simply would not be enough time left to build anything worthy of the fair.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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