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as in to suffice
to be fitting or proper that outfit just won't do for the opera

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as in to serve
to be enough even half of that amount of sugar will do

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Viola, who took over as owner in 2015, has done his part to make sure hockey had the potential to thrive in an unorthodox market like South Florida. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025 She was given time to do a bit of free thinking to dream up characters between the holidays. Katy Henriksen, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025 Additionally, if there are any steps that are confusing, now is the time to do the research or watch a video. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 May 2025 Svalbard is governed by a 1920 treaty that gives over 40 countries, including Russia, China and the U.S., equal rights to live and do business there. Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for do
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  • Standard driver's licenses that aren't REAL ID-compliant will no longer suffice for these purposes, though passport books or cards will remain acceptable forms of identification.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 5 May 2025
  • Alternatively, if passengers have a passport, that will suffice.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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  • Followers often applaud her decorating skills, but also worry that living in such a cramped space could impact her health.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • Check out some popular home goods and essentials that are also at Amazon, to help decorate and set up your tiny house, below.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2025
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  • To cope with the downturn, Hyatt responded by temporarily suspending operations at many of its hotels and implementing wide-scale workforce adjustments.
    Mind Share Partners, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Research suggests parents who do this have children who are secure in their relationship with their parents, are more confident, have fewer behavior challenges, and are better able to weather difficulties and cope with challenges.
    Contributing, Oc Register, 13 May 2025
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  • As for tornado fatalities, this year, many of the twisters that caused deaths occurred in Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi, the Storm Prediction Center said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • O’Brien ranks 22nd in NCAA history in career caused turnovers with 160, which shatters Lacey Leigh Hentz’s previous school record of 146.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2025
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  • Christians are to imitate Christ, the true Good Samaritan, called to view all as nothing less than kin in sin and in the promise of salvation.
    Anna Rowlands, Time, 12 May 2025
  • Volunteers rappelled from the top of a building as sirens went off and firecrackers erupted — apparently to imitate shelling in one drill in the Indian port city of Mumbai.
    Diaa Hadid, NPR, 7 May 2025
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  • The Novavax decision suggests the Trump administration may already have decided how to proceed in advance of that meeting.
    Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
  • The funny part here is that the five-time major winner cut his eyes over and saw the camera on him, but proceeded to say the explicitives anyway.
    Savannah Leigh Richardson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
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  • The group is getting ready to perform Broadway show tunes on May 31 at the Library’s Community Room.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • Like her older sisters Elle and Jane, Hansen has helped carry on a winning tradition at Cohasset as a hybrid athlete with the ability to perform just about anything on the field with success.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
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  • Disgruntled attendees, many of them authors, said they felt cheated by event organizers, who failed to deliver on most, if not all fronts.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • In their stories about others, 92% chronicled how misfortune befell cheating partners, indebted friends, bullies and lousy coworkers.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 1 May 2025

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“Do.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/do. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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