How to pronounce ideal
Listen to ideal in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“ideal” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 387 American · 700 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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remains lower than ideal.
Federal Reserve · watch from 40:12 · hear it here
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ideal for elaborate carving.
UK Parliament · watch from 0:52 · hear it here
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positive regarding its performance in ideal and I stress ideal road conditions however the
NTSB · watch from 60:14 · hear it here
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those are not ideal conditions for adults. They are certainly not ideal conditions for
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 143:14 · hear it here
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