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Recent Examples of suffice
Against a better team, this wouldn’t suffice.
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Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
Entertainment and an elite Snoop Dogg performance will suffice.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
If your kitchen is used less often, monthly should suffice.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
For use in the dark, a projector that has a brightness rating of at least 1,500 ANSI lumens will suffice.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
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Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
Entertainment and an elite Snoop Dogg performance will suffice.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
If your kitchen is used less often, monthly should suffice.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
For use in the dark, a projector that has a brightness rating of at least 1,500 ANSI lumens will suffice.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffice
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And in middle and high schools, teachers are assigning more excerpts and shorter texts, in so doing crowding out whole books and resulting in less overall reading.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Key to the truce continuing to hold is the disarming of Hamas, something that the militant group that has controlled the Palestinian territory since 2007 has refused to do, despite Israel seeing it as nonnegotiable.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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The shelter also had problems serving the existing community, taking in fewer animals due to difficulties moving them through adoption or rescue, and placing greater emphasis on caring for sick or injured animals.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The project will serve as a pilot for the city’s Project Labor Agreement ordinance, with most construction performed by union workers.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Suffice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffice. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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