adequateness

Definition of adequatenessnext

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Noun
  • The Arkansas House and Senate Education Committees have been reviewing the most recent public school funding adequacy report.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Under the proposal, schools furthest from adequacy would receive priority for new dollars.
    Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • How to Successfully Store Leftover Paint To extend the usefulness of leftover house paint, our experts recommend abiding by the following rules for successful paint storage.
    Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Music fans who were 16 when the Pumpkins helped shape the sound of alternative rock in 1993 were 23 when the band put out Machina/The Machines of God in 2000, and rapidly aging out of usefulness to MTV’s bottom line.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Ultimately, the voters decide on acceptability.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The second difference is acceptability.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But years of racial pandering had created a too-big tent, enlarged in the name of electoral expediency, that offered dark corners for despicable ideologies.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The expediency and greed of the fast-moving artificial intelligence industry are the motivators, and health and safety are no longer of paramount concern.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Tesla says its Autopilot system is an advanced driver assistance feature that helps enhance safety and convenience behind the wheel.
    Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Physical silver offers tangible ownership, ETFs provide convenience and liquidity, mining stocks introduce growth potential and futures offer high-risk, high-reward speculation.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In taking this event as his starting point, Alper has created a film that is both culturally specific, and has plenty of wider applicability as well.
    Catherine Bray, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
  • If multiple hypotheses work to explain the data equally well but one conflicts with reality in some other realm (and the other doesn’t), the one that’s valid across the widest range of applicability is superior.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The validity of the process, and whether this law mimics the IEEPA tariffs just struck down, are issues that certainly will come up in federal courts.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Challenge the validity of the debt Debt collectors don't always have airtight documentation.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Drone defense technology NUBURU views the early engagement as an important validation of the technology’s operational relevance and market interest.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, baseball in Cuba has steadily deteriorated, with crumbling facilities and a domestic league that has lost both its talent and its relevance as top players leave and younger ones look elsewhere.
    Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Adequateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adequateness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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