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 may seem hopeless at first blush; the next nearest star is 10,000 times farther away than Neptune, so even in this best-case scenario, any comets beyond our solar system would be impossibly faint.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2025
The Mets could place Bellinger in the outfield and have four power bats between Bellinger, Alonso, Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor in their best-case scenario.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
In a best-case scenario for Democrats, their counterefforts would ultimately see a net gain of one.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2025
Coach Sherrone Moore didn’t have an answer on when Haynes might return, but getting him back for the Ohio State game seems like a best-case scenario.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2025
The Mets could place Bellinger in the outfield and have four power bats between Bellinger, Alonso, Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor in their best-case scenario.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
In a best-case scenario for Democrats, their counterefforts would ultimately see a net gain of one.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2025
Coach Sherrone Moore didn’t have an answer on when Haynes might return, but getting him back for the Ohio State game seems like a best-case scenario.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Best-case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/best-case. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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