for the best

idiom

: having or producing a better result

I won't be able to go, but maybe it's (all) for the best. I have a lot of work to do anyway.

: in a way that will achieve the best result

They believe that they are acting for the best.

Examples of for the best in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Values range from $105,000, for an example in good condition, to over $200,000 for the best of the best with a four-speed manual transmission. —Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 June 2025

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The study found that attackers seem to be using AI to draft different versions of spam and hacking emails, searching for the best way to get a recipient’s attention. —Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

Hot New York summer nights have ignited a serious bedding deep dive among our staff—namely for the best blankets on Amazon. —Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2025

Rhymes for for the best

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed