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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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According to the Environmental Protection Agency, many homes can support a Level 2 charger with 200-amp service and two open double-pole breaker slots, while 100-amp service may also be sufficient depending on total household load.—
McKynzie Steward,
AJC.com,
1 May 2026 -
The former property managers were not always prompt in producing the records needed for the audit, leaving auditors unable to obtain sufficient evidence to form an opinion on the financial statements.—
R.A. Schuetz,
Houston Chronicle,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Giuliani was elected New York’s mayor in 1993 after serving as one of the nation’s highest-profile prosecutors, taking on mobsters and crooked Wall Street traders.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Church threw himself into public life, serving as a parks commissioner in New York and helping to found the Metropolitan Museum of Art.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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Access to the polls has never been adequate across the board, but the relative ease that many people have in participating in politics is a recent invention, based on the VRA.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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About an eighth of a cup should be adequate.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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The Santa Fe burrito is a genuine pleasure—more restrained, built on a smaller scale, with green chile doing the complex, vegetal, low-burning work that other versions might leave to salsa—though, again, the tortilla serves its contents, rather than the hosannas going the other way.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Deserted mall ‘semi-apocalyptic’ While there have been no signs of mass social unrest in Russia, and other malls including the giant Aviapark in northwest Moscow appear to be doing good business, several workers at Goodzone described to CNN with concern the increasingly minimal foot traffic there.—
Zahra Ullah,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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The call wasn’t satisfactory for Perez.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 May 2026
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The defense was more than satisfactory in subduing the league’s top offense.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The project began coalescing last year, after the two had completed the arduous but clearly satisfying production on Apex.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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The NeeDoh Nice Cube is cube-shaped with sharp corners that are satisfying to squeeze from all sides.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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It cannot be targeted solely at civilian populations, but harm to civilians is acceptable.—
Charbel Mallo,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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However, a lot of the other content Cassie created would very much be acceptable, including any adult role play without reference to minors.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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And that is actually a reasonable price for those books.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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Bowman noted the authority is guided by state law and case law in its decisions and deciding what is just and reasonable by a preponderance of evidence.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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“Sufficing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficing. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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