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for the best

Idioms

see all for, def. 2.

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Southern pine is planted thick then thinned after a decade or so to make room for the best specimens to grow into two-by-fours and utility poles.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the best part of two decades people consumed podcasts just by listening, and podcasters produced shows without a camera in sight.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lizbeth Ovalle won the Marta Award for the best goal in women's football with her scorpion kick for Tigres against Guadalajara in Mexico's Liga MX Femenil in March.

From BBC

The winner of the Puskas Award, for the best goal in men's football, was Independiente's Santiago Montiel for his overhead kick from outside the box against Independiente Rivadavia in the Argentine Primera Division in May.

From BBC

The court could order an estate sale and appoint a “guardian ad litem,” a neutral party charged with investigating and advocating for the best interests of a minor child or incapacitated person in custody and/or estate disputes.

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for the best

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