sweet spot

[ sweet-spot ]

/ ˈswit ˌspɒt /

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noun

Sports. the spot on a club, racket, bat, etc., where a ball is most effectively hit.

a point, range, or particular set of conditions that will achieve the most desirable or effective outcome: The trick is finding the sweet spot between making the puzzle challenging but not impossible.

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Origin of sweet spot

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby sweet spot

sweet-shop, sweet shrub, sweetsop, sweet sorghum, sweet spirit of nitre, sweet spot, sweet talk, sweet-tempered, sweet tooth, sweetveld, sweet vernal grass

How to use sweet spot in a sentence

While several models have us in the sweet spot for snow, shifts in where the front is located could lead to very different outcomes as the two waves pass by.
After Sunday’s slush fest, another winter storm threatens by Wednesday night|Jason Samenow, Wes Junker|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
In my experience, the sweet spot for a title tag is 35-55 characters in length.
Five hacks to enhance your organic CTR and rankings in SERPs|Karl Tablante|January 27, 2021|Search Engine Watch
That level of maturity is a sweet spot for a third-party such as them to come in and scale leaders across teams.
Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coaching|Natasha Mascarenhas|January 22, 2021|TechCrunch
Ideally, marketers want a model that’s somewhere in the sweet spot between revenue and media metrics.
Taking remuneration seriously: the time has come|Seb Joseph|December 30, 2020|Digiday

We’ve found the sweet spot for balancing vehicle stoppage with parking needs, allowing cities to create paying models through which ride-share and delivery companies can proactively claim their spot at the curb.
A solution for cash-strapped cities is right at the curb|jakemeth|December 18, 2020|Fortune
While 15 miles per week has benefits, “the sweet spot is probably around 30 miles of running per week,” Williams argues.
Running 15 Miles a Week Could Slash Alzheimer’s Risk|DailyBurn|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is certainly a lucrative yet dignified sweet spot between small time micro-brewer and soulless mass-producer.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We will soon know whether they have found the sweet spot yet again.
U2 Drops ‘Invisible’ to Remind You the Band Exists|Howard Wolfson|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Can Ryan and Murray find the sweet spot that will attract enough Republicans without alienating Democrats?
Budget Deal on the Horizon?|Eleanor Clift|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That sweet spot for the show that we enjoy so much is where the personal and professional combine.
‘The Good Wife’: Creators Robert and Michelle King on the Season Finale, Alicia and Kalinda, and More|Jace Lacob|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I know not whether we may ever return to this sweet spot—though it will be always dear to us from a thousand memories.
The Desert Home|Mayne Reid
With the exception of this sweet spot, I thought all the little towns and villages we passed wretched-looking in the extreme.'
Life On The Mississippi, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
From this sweet spot the steamer carried us to the north side of the bay.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
A sweet spot this, for the romance of the future as well as the present and past.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28|Various
They passed behind the Vicarage; when the two ladies simultaneously uttered a sigh, and breathed in a whisper, "Sweet spot!"
The Vicar of Wrexhill|Mrs [Frances] Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for sweet spot

sweet spot

noun

sport the centre area of a racquet, golf club, etc, from which the cleanest shots are made

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