best-case
adjective
: being, relating to, or based on a projection of future events that assumes only the best possible circumstances
a best-case scenario
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This being Year One of the rebuild, the internal options to fill that out are scarce, barring an absolute best-case scenario trajectory.
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 11 May 2026
In a best-case scenario, a full-fledged MLS team could come later.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
That could mean that, even in a best-case scenario, DUNE won’t determine the mass ordering of neutrinos until 2034—and any answer to the question of matter-antimatter imbalance wouldn’t arrive until the end of that decade.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
It was limited to 1080p60, a best-case scenario in docked mode.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 11 May 2026
In a best-case scenario, a full-fledged MLS team could come later.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
That could mean that, even in a best-case scenario, DUNE won’t determine the mass ordering of neutrinos until 2034—and any answer to the question of matter-antimatter imbalance wouldn’t arrive until the end of that decade.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
It was limited to 1080p60, a best-case scenario in docked mode.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
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“Best-case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/best-case. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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