rec·om·mend·ed
ˌre-kə-ˈmen-dəd 
: introduced or mentioned as being fit or worthy
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Ideal weights for bass fishing are line size 8 or 9. These will balance best with stiff-action fly rods of the recommended 8- to 9-foot lengths.—
Jerome B. Robinson
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New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2025
For the one-third of Americans who aren’t getting the recommended seven or more hours a night, that means higher rates of anxiety, depression, heart disease, and obesity, and other conditions.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025
The city’s reserves of $207 million are far below recommended levels of roughly $400 million, even though many economists are predicting a recession — a situation where reserves would be even more badly needed to mitigate potentially sharp drops in tax revenue.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
There is no recommended daily amount of beta carotene on its own.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
With 31 percent of adults and 80 percent of adolescents not meeting recommended levels of physical activity, researchers have unveiled a disturbing glimpse of what the long-term impacts on our health and appearance could look like.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Deer are particularly fond of eating tulip flowers, so planting deer-resistant bulbs like daffodils and crocuses is a recommended alternative.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
This is stuttering, crashing and other issues, even on high-end hardware way above recommended specs, which is baffling some.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
There are no recommended dosages of turmeric to take for weight loss.
—Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
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The team also accounted for the change in fluoridation guidelines, which nearly halved recommended levels in 2015.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2025
For the one-third of Americans who aren’t getting the recommended seven or more hours a night, that means higher rates of anxiety, depression, heart disease, and obesity, and other conditions.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025
The city’s reserves of $207 million are far below recommended levels of roughly $400 million, even though many economists are predicting a recession — a situation where reserves would be even more badly needed to mitigate potentially sharp drops in tax revenue.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
There is no recommended daily amount of beta carotene on its own.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
With 31 percent of adults and 80 percent of adolescents not meeting recommended levels of physical activity, researchers have unveiled a disturbing glimpse of what the long-term impacts on our health and appearance could look like.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Deer are particularly fond of eating tulip flowers, so planting deer-resistant bulbs like daffodils and crocuses is a recommended alternative.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
This is stuttering, crashing and other issues, even on high-end hardware way above recommended specs, which is baffling some.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
There are no recommended dosages of turmeric to take for weight loss.
—Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Recommended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recommended. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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