at best
Example Sentences
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The result is a metaphysical model that, at best, lacks clarity, and at worst obscures the very nature of reality.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Cash incentives—the go-to tool of governments from Budapest to Seoul—have produced at best a temporary blip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
"Did I at best subconsciously treat Peter Mandelson differently because I believed him to have influence and power within the Labour party?" he said.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Valuing a company that hasn’t made money at $1.8 trillion seems aggressive at best, foolhardy at worst.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Finally, we come to the jealousy and mostly benign neglect of her masters in Cairo, to whom Alexandria and her port were, at best, redundant, and at worst, a reminder of Egypt’s foreign-dominated past.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
