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'optimum' is a perfectly correct and usable word in written English
You can use it when referring to the best or most favorable conditions, results, or circumstances. For example, "In order to achieve the maximum output, the optimum working conditions must be established."
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optimum
adjective
Best or most advantageous; surpassing all others
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In WaterAid's second film, football commentators talk blithely about a player being the most likely to score because he's "on day two of his cycle" and "right in the optimum performance zone this month".
A third control measure takes place in Vidauban, the cahier de charge, where the caves are thoroughly inspected regularly to maintain optimum hygienic conditions, and the grapes are again scrutinised.
With only six teachers of the optimum 10, the school is now seriously understaffed.
So it is timely that research in the journal PLOS One has come up with the optimum frequency for stepping on the scales.
In economics jargon, fiscal and banking integration are essential elements of an optimum currency area".
The deal gives LoveFilm, often dubbed "the Netflix of Europe", access to more than 30 Optimum films during their pay-TV window, as well as access to its substantial back catalogue which includes The Deer Hunter, Mulholland Drive and The Pianist.
"We are creatures of habit and we have come to the wrong conclusion that sitting is the optimum way of conducting office work," the study says.
"It [the report] identifies three or four key areas, such as with strokes, blood clots and prostate care, where there's evidence that optimum care is still not being delivered," said Patel.
The main reasons for local, seasonal produce tasting good are that it's grown in optimum conditions and it's fresher because it reaches you sooner after being harvested.
Wait, there's an optimum performance zone?
And the bright reflection from such a mirror would, if it could be seen, give that ocean's existence away.The optimum moment for seeing it is when, as observed from Earth, a planet's parent star is more or less behind the planet in question.
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