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Recent Examples of optimal
Areas like fields, parks, and waterfronts are optimal spots to view the supermoon.
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Racing had committed a foul outside the box, handing its opponent an optimal goalscoring opportunity as the match clock dwindled.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
For elite women, the likelihood of optimal conditions is also anticipated to fall at five of the seven marathon majors by 2045, with the odds reduced by 10% and 11% or more at the Sydney and Berlin Marathons respectively.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Is there a specific stretching routine to keep us healthy and ready for optimal performance?
—Gerard Hartmann, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Racing had committed a foul outside the box, handing its opponent an optimal goalscoring opportunity as the match clock dwindled.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
For elite women, the likelihood of optimal conditions is also anticipated to fall at five of the seven marathon majors by 2045, with the odds reduced by 10% and 11% or more at the Sydney and Berlin Marathons respectively.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Is there a specific stretching routine to keep us healthy and ready for optimal performance?
—Gerard Hartmann, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimal
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Under optimum conditions, the coatings can harvest up to 390 mL of water per square metre each day – enough for a 12-square-metre surface to supply the daily drinking needs of one person, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Michelle shared that maintaining optimum hair health was paramount to both her and her team.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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An analysis by the progressive Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that in the 12 months that ended September 2024, just over one-third of beneficiaries received the maximum amount.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sedarat is charged with two counts of transmitting a threat in interstate or foreign commerce, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Thus far, Arsenal’s excellent form has relegated the injuries to a subplot.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The carbon nanofiber provides mechanical stability, abundant pore channels, and excellent electrolyte wettability, while the cobalt sites catalyze the adsorption and conversion of polysulfides.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Book a room at The Little Nell for a distinguished wine program, a superb après scene, and some of the best service in the nation, or see why the equally stately and welcoming Hotel Jerome has dazzled slope-side visitors for 130 years.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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His studio version slightly speeds up the tempo, which does seem to moderately soften some of the song’s melancholy, but Johnson’s superb vocal brings just the right mix of grit and tenderness to convey the song’s heartbreaking, bittersweet nature.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
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The scene feels routine, set by a regular who prefers a late-afternoon arrival to enjoy the peace of a restaurant resetting itself between prime mealtimes.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Advantages of Spring Rose Planting For many types of plants, spring is the prime planting season.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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Before his arrival at the jail, MacDonald was stopped in connection with a criminal mischief investigation and arrested on an outstanding warrant, according to River Oaks police Deputy Chief Eric Perkins.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated November 11,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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While their records are not outstanding at the halfway point of the season, both are solid favorites to reach the playoffs.—
Hannah Vanbiber,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Black walnuts have an extremely hard shell that requires special tools or a heavy hammer to crack.—
Randy Moll,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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To help compensate for the closure, the lower-level fine dining restaurant, George’s at the Cove, will offer lunch and dinner service when it’s not closed for special events, and its Level2 dining room and bar will remain open during the construction work.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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People from the Kansas City area who boarded the ship are highlighted on posters hanging on the walls next to artifacts like fragments of a first-class curtain, a door handle and a White Star Line envelope.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
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Those traveling in deluxe or first-class get a souvenir mug and tote.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Optimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimal. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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