as in acceptability
the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately
the overall satisfactoriness of the service led us to leave a reasonable tip
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Noun
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Comment sections, therefore, are also important fields in which the acceptability of certain types of speech is tested and negotiated.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Who is providing the guardrails to mark the boundaries of acceptability?—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That gauging one’s goodness or worth by the rubric of productivity is a capitalist lie.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Even at 3-0, if there’s one team that has the ability to come back, my goodness, [the Penguins] have so much firepower with him and [Evgeni] Malkin.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In practice, the CRTC routinely consults stakeholders on policy matters although the adequacy and meaningfulness of efforts to consult the general public is often contested by scholars and civil society practitioners.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Diners are about being serviceable, in the literal terms of availability and of adequacy.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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To issue an Amber Alert, law enforcement must determine that specific statutory conditions are met, including the age of the child, law enforcement’s belief in imminent danger of serious injury or death, and the sufficiency of existing information to assist in recovery.—
Itay Ravid,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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The sufficiency of disapproval to derail Trump’s primary immigration enforcement serves as further damning evidence against the companies and entities that so easily and so quickly capitulated to Trump last year.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Satisfactoriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satisfactoriness. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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