optimum

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Once temperatures move beyond this optimum, however, performance declines rapidly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

Drivers have targeted the new engines, which require substantial energy management at all times for optimum performance.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Much of the energy management will be controlled by on-board computers, but there will be a crucial amount left to the drivers to use in racing and for optimum lap time.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

“It doesn’t operate at the optimum performance that was originally modeled, but it still generates electricity for 120,000 homes in California,” Hogan said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

The experience of true, passionate love that had been snatched away from me just when it had been in my grasp— Nil satis nisi optimum, interrupted my father’s voice, booming inside my head.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson