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ideally

[ahy-dee-uh-lee] / aɪˈdi ə li /




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Before the building work started, the general was said to have rolled large boulders found at the summit - and ideally suit for construction - downhill.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

From there, he recommends building an emergency reserve, ideally reaching three to six months’ worth of expenses eventually, and then putting additional money toward longer-term goals.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Expert Mapelli said it was not even clear how much steel the site should ideally be producing or where the raw materials would come from.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Someone — ideally, several people — in here will wind up getting their own major break.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

His daughter, writer Norah Christianson, remembers that he had “the body of a dancer, lithe and wiry and thin, everything in balance,” a physique ideally suited to the pitch and yaw of a horse’s withers.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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