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as in serving
to be enough
I was told I have to wear shoes—will thong sandals suffice?
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sufficing
Adjective
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Under sufficient pressure and with use of dark patterns, adversarial creativity or multi-turn manipulation, statistical preferences can erode or even fail.—
Sandeep Shilawat,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026 -
Their report found that some ICE detention centers had seen increases in medical staff in 2025 compared to previous years, while other facilities struggled with drastic understaffing and had routinely failed to provide sufficient care.—
Rob Kuznia,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Jeffries, who was serving as a House impeachment manager, posited an answer.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Ted told her about his time serving as a Special Forces Green Beret.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Healthy ligustrum should regrow quickly with adequate water and a slow-release landscape fertilizer application, as permitted.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026
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The region's landscape provides adequate cover for the groups to avoid military strikes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
Verb
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Athletes are always getting bigger, stronger, and faster, and doing ever more incredible things.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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In doing so, Din becomes a traitor to his bounty hunter guild, led by Greef Karga (Carl Weathers).—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier subpoenaed the NFL on Wednesday after the league failed to provide a satisfactory response to the Republican official’s concerns about diversity hiring practices.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2026
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And the Anza-Borrego Foundation that opposes the power line going through any portion of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park told the Union-Tribune that undergrounding the line within the park is not a satisfactory solution.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
Verb
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December 22 – January 19 A creative idea could click into shape with satisfying precision today.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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Meatball sliders make a fun and satisfying lunch the whole family will enjoy.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Causing a secondary cancer may be an acceptable risk when treating a life-threatening cancer, but probably not for autoimmunity, says Matt Lunning, medical director for gene and cellular therapy at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha.—
Amber Dance,
ArsTechnica,
17 May 2026
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Law enforcement becomes the first responder, and this is not acceptable.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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In a debate for the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Iowa this month, one of the moderators, Erin Murphy, asked the candidates, Josh Turek and Zach Wahls, both state legislators, a reasonable, if downbeat, question.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The tuition payments may be a gift presented without strings, but there are still plenty of reasonable expectations that come with a college education.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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“Sufficing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficing. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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