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optimal

[op-tuh-muhl] / ˈɒp tə məl /


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The stock reaches a “buy point”—a juncture where a stock’s performance and market conditions reach an optimal point for investing—when shares climb above the initial peak that started the base.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

"This ensures optimal coupling of the metasurface to the detection elements," notes corresponding author Wladislaw Michailow, who led the research at the University of Cambridge and later at Swansea University in the UK.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

While people are working, term insurance is usually the optimal option, because it has lower fees and is a simple product that most people understand.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Then she advises readers that the purpose of exercise is to achieve an optimal “waist-to-hip” ratio supposedly preferred by men.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

The railroad tracks bisected the park, perhaps not the optimal design.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner




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