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optimal

[op-tuh-muhl] / ˈɒp tə məl /


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"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

That does not give you an exact time frame — the optimal one is sometime between now and when you die.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 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

Strip that away “and what emerges is a picture of a company that has found an optimal vehicle to fuel its Bitcoin acquisition effort,” Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer wrote in an email to clients Wednesday.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The Distracter showed that no single segment of the Sesame Street format should go beyond four minutes, and that three minutes was probably optimal.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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