optimal
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"It's not at all optimal for these boats to set off so far away from their intended destination," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The term is a reference in computer science to making optimal choices for the moment, without thought to the consequences, the New York mayor explained at a press conference at City Hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“I don’t know that the front end is the optimal place to be borrowing right now,” said Mark Malek, chief investment officer at Siebert Financial.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
“We’ve just got to make sure he’s at optimal health when we finish the season,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
This suggested to me the Optimal Fragmentation Principle: innovation proceeds most rapidly in a society with some optimal intermediate degree of fragmentation: a too-unified society is at a disadvantage, and so is a too-fragmented society.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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