CowperKettleCowperKettle 36.7k1818 Gold badges136136 silver badges235235 bronze badges 2 Took me some time to check out how this answer does actually extend to other examples where "best" is used without "the": the deciding section is if the noun becomes "definite in [the] context", not if there is a authentic noun. https://www.ocloudi.com/cloud-vps-hosting/