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ideal

[ahy-dee-uhl, ahy-deel] / aɪˈdi əl, aɪˈdil /




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Yes, chatbots are unusually persuasive, and writers pick up model biases without even knowing it, but the baseline isn’t some platonic ideal of a perfectly objective journalist.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

In my ideal therapy room, plants live in the room when no one else is in it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Schwimmer noted that this proximity makes the Tellus Science Museum an ideal location for displaying one of the first full-scale replicas.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Mr. McCarthy arrives on his doorstep at what is clearly not an ideal moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Imperfection is his ideal, because it's real and tangible, and he knows how to translate it into a frozen moment in time that will be beautiful forever.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman




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