sweet spot
Americannoun
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Sports. the spot on a club, racket, bat, etc., where a ball is most effectively hit.
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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.
noun
Etymology
Origin of sweet spot
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Their plan is to elevate the retailer and make it more relevant but also keep its sweet spot as a more affordable alternative to true luxury chains.
“Right now they are in kind of a sweet spot,” he says.
From Barron's
No longer constrained by moral panic, the Army draft or the decade he spent trapped within the Hollywood industrial complex, this is the King at arguably the high point of his career, right in that sweet spot before his 1973 divorce from Priscilla Presley, after which his mood and health started to flag.
From Los Angeles Times
Finding the sweet spot where cultures combine is a constant source of motivation for Castuera.
From Los Angeles Times
Right now, he is in a sweet spot.
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