Definition of ADEQUACIES

Examples of adequacy in a Sentence

the fire department sent someone to determine the adequacy of the building's evacuation plan

Recent Examples on the Web The adequacy of food stamp benefits has long been a question. — Tami Luhby, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021 Conservation groups and Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic, described as a grassroots organization, had challenged the adequacy of the review process. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2021 Over the past decade, though, Infiniti has felt sleepy, like it’s been striving for adequacy rather than greatness. — Manuel Carrillo Iii, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2021 Popular resistance also complicated efforts to collect adequate taxes, at least to the extent that adequacy was defined as the ability to service foreign loans. — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 Some states are retreating from accepted standards of UI adequacy with the expectation that the federal government will once again intervene when a new unemployment crisis emerges. — Michael Bernick, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021 Conservation groups and Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic, described as a grassroots organization, had challenged the adequacy of the review process. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2021 Conservation groups and Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic, described as a grassroots organization, had challenged the adequacy of the review process. — Mark Thiessen And Becky Bohrer, ajc, 19 Aug. 2021 The debate over benefit adequacy turns on colliding assumptions: SNAP bills itself as supplemental, but more than a third of households receive the maximum benefit. — New York Times, 15 Aug. 2021

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