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ideally

[ahy-dee-uh-lee] / aɪˈdi ə li /




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Voters can also help speed up the election count, the report said, by voting in person or returning vote-by-mail ballots earlier — ideally the Saturday before the election.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

As host of The Traitors, Winkleman was ideally placed to introduce the pair, resulting the kind of wonderfully bizarre meeting of minds normally seen on The Graham Norton Show.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Atomic weapons are an extinction-level threat, so you’d ideally want a steady hand guiding U.S. nuclear policy.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

The goal is to build up the right level of confidence by 2030 to enable the launch of a program, which ideally means having flown by then.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

And, ideally, it would have some buildings already in place, so scientists could move right in and get to work.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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