for the best

1. see all for, def. 2.

Example Sentences

“Maybe it’s for the best that it’s open. My mind isn’t made up, but I’m not sure what purpose it would serve.”

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Stay put and hope for the best?

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Before it’s resolved there is an amusing anecdote about a cow obituary in verse and a concluding bow to Voltaire’s “Candide” when Jean Louise concedes that “all things happen for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds.”

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Our critic explained that “While ‘superfine’ is a tailor’s term for the best wool suiting fabric, in the context of this show it is also dandiacal black vernacular for ‘stylin’ out.’”

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At the time, that looked like a candidate for the best game ever played.

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Related Words

• auspicious 
• beneficial 
• expedient 
• fortunate 
• helpful 
• opportune 
• profitable 
• propitious 
• worthwhile