to the best of

1. To the utmost extent of, especially of one's ability, knowledge, or power. For example, I'm sure he'll do it to the best of his ability, or To the best of my knowledge, they arrive tomorrow. [c. 1500]

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"I saw so many police officers doing their job to the best of their ability, and who at least seemed to me to be in policing for the right reasons," Rory told me.

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So the way we do it for me is that the person who’s in charge of the music will sing one line and I will mimic it like nine times to the best of my ability.

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He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution.

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Part of the series’ breathtaking cinematic scope includes occasional jolts of action, and this long-foreshadowed death match lives up to the best of those scenes.

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Tom marshals their effectiveness to the best of his ability, but never fully surfaces from his despairing funk.

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