How to Use best-case in a Sentence
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At the end of that, what is in your best-case scenario?
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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This map shows Spain’s best-case scenario.
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Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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And for Smith, that’s best-case scenario.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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Black Phone 2 is not a best-case scenario.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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But even in a best-case scenario, the whole thing was awkward and weird.
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Chad Graff,
The Athletic,
16 Dec. 2024
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Maybe two if Rodríguez goes off in a best-case scenario.
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Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Will any of them do anything close to these best-case scenarios?
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Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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In a best-case scenario, its trade deadline will reflect that.
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Murat Ates,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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And given Phoenix’s need for size, this might be a best-case scenario.
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Sarah Jean Maher,
New York Times,
25 June 2025
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Of course, even in this best-case scenario, the problem would be only half solved.
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Elizabeth Kolbert,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2023
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But there are no guarantees for any such best-case scenario coming to pass.
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Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
2 Apr. 2025
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The results cheered Wall Street bulls who called it a best-case scenario.
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Angel Adegbesan,
Fortune,
8 Aug. 2023
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What’s best-case scenario for the Chiefs in Thursday night’s first round?
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Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2025
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Under a best-case scenario, that might get the Rangers five innings worth of work.
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Evan Grant,
Dallas News,
24 Mar. 2023
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Feels unlikely to me, to be honest, but that’s their best-case scenario.
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James Mirtle,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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There’s an off chance one of those forwards falls, and that would be a best-case scenario for the Sabres.
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Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
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This best-case scenario still features the play-in tournament.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2024
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However, that's a best-case scenario.
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Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Sale example is helpful here, and not just as a best-case scenario.
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Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Clearly this is a small sample and these are close to best-case paths from here, but the echoes are pretty distinct.
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Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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For a song that’s been gathering dust in the vaults for two decades, that’s pretty close to a best-case scenario.
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Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
22 Feb. 2023
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In a best-case scenario, a full-fledged MLS team could come later.
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P.r. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Here are three of the prospects who could potentially fill that role in a best-case scenario or a perfect world.
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Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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But if the play-in was inevitable, the Warriors might have lucked into a best-case scenario.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2024
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Yes, this paints a best-case scenario based on January’s results.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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In a best-case scenario, a brand of healthy pressure will emerge that helps both be at their best — this season and in the future.
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Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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The question isn’t how to design for best-case users, but how to make systems hold up under worst-case pressure.
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Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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In a best-case scenario, a frozen pipe may cause a brief interruption in your water supply.
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Terry Baddoo,
USA TODAY,
30 Apr. 2024
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Procolored's site says about six prints per hour, but that's best-case scenario – or maybe six small prints with very little white.
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Joe Salas
october 29,
New Atlas,
29 Oct. 2025
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Because roster management is going to get messy, even in a best-case scenario.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
20 May 2025
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