sweet spot
noun
plural sweet spots
Definition of sweet spot
1
sports
: the area around the center of mass of a bat, a racket, or the head of a club that is the most effective part with which to hit a ball
If the bat connects near its sweet spot … it vibrates very little, much as a tennis racket feels solid if you hit the ball on the racket's sweet spot.— Sharon Begley The shape of the clubhead has a pronounced effect on [golf] shots that are not hit out of the sweet spot of the club . …— Steen Winther
2
: an ideal or most favorable location, level, area, or combination of factors for a particular activity or purpose
Many doctors have concluded that there is something of a sweet spot on the age-education-experience continuum. They seek out clinicians who are no more than 10 years out of residency, old enough to have some mileage, young enough to be up to speed.— Nancy Gibbs, et al. To seafood men, Fulton is the jewel of the Atlantic coast, the sweet spot on the seaboard, and the best fish from Maine to Florida rolls into the markets in refrigerated trucks.— Jonathan Gold "We are considering a lot of options with the site," says Zach Nelson, executive vice president of marketing. "I think we are right in the sweet spot of what's required to make e-business happen."— Daniel Roth The winery in Rutherford, best known for its loamy Cabernet Sauvignon, has a sweet spot of 8 acres for Chardonnay, which has produced spectacular wines.— James Laube
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El Dorado 15 Year Old Demerara Guyana Rum ($45) The rum sweet spot. — Ross Mccammon, Popular Mechanics, "Why Craft Rum Is Getting Weird," 31 Aug. 2019 This week’s collection leads off with one storied estate still seeking that price sweet spot. — Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times, "Hot Property Newsletter: What the (luxury) market will bear," 24 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sweet spot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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