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best

[best] / bɛst /










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No one is going to say it’s our best idea, probably not even Musk.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Competition to invest in the best talent is intense, and that talent is increasingly younger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

"We question everything. We may never know exactly how we began, but we can try our best to understand how things might have occurred."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Melvin Edwards, a sculptor best known for abstract steel works that illustrated the history and resistance of African Americans, died March 30 at his Baltimore home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I looped it quickly, whirled it around and around my head, and then threw it out as best I could, but the end of it fell short.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo