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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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Recent Examples of do
Verb
Adults in our group had a harder time finding things to do besides eat, drink and hang by the crowded pools. Josh Rivera, USA Today, 16 June 2025 Be sure to do the top mechanism of the blinds as well. Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 June 2025
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So, nix that step by building a home gym that makes squeezing in a HIIT class first thing in the morning, a treadmill run at lunch or a yoga session on the fly much more doable. Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 17 May 2025 Pick one idea that feels doable, and commit to putting it out into the world within the next seven days. Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for do
Recent Examples of Synonyms for do
Verb
  • In a twenty-year-old with no relevant history, the same finding is likely benign—watchful waiting may suffice.
    Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • Plates and utensils from home will suffice at the beginning.
    Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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  • After the supplies were unloaded, Qasem Hassan pulled a medical smock over her black jacket and entered a classroom decorated with diagrams of the digestive system.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • These partners don’t just decorate boats with their logos.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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  • These symptoms weren’t only tied to how close someone was to the event but were strongly influenced by personal factors like pre-existing mental health issues and the coping strategies used in the early aftermath.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • As couples become closer through a shared reality, researchers also observed a greater sense of meaning in life, where individuals have a strong feeling of purpose, which research indicates can lead to better coping, greater happiness, and improved health outcomes.
    Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 18 June 2025
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  • As kick-off approached, the ground was only a third full and looked likely to cause FIFA some embarrassment.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 June 2025
  • Middle East stocks largely fell on Sunday, and analysts expect other world markets to slide Monday over fears that rising oil prices will cause global economic disruption and lead to stagflation.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 15 June 2025
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  • Fortunately, Lehane is a great enough crime author to be able to imitate a terrible one(*), and being more overt about that helps to better establish who Dave is.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
  • In a clever flex of corporate synergy, Apple promoted its first summer blockbuster with the release of a haptic trailer that imitates the purr of an F1 engine in the palms of your hands.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
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  • According to his ex, Diddy proceeded to open up a pornographic video on her phone and then summon a male escort named Anton to come over.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 10 June 2025
  • Texas has been able to enforce the age-verification measure while the case proceeds.
    Melissa Quinn June 9, CBS News, 9 June 2025
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  • The only headliner to perform was country hitmaker Luke Combs on Thursday, who made history as the festival's first-ever country headliner.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 15 June 2025
  • This way your sales and service teams can not only ask questions about customers, prospects and other CRM activities but ultimately launch agents to perform tasks automatically based on these queries.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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  • Trouble is, the elder Broadway managed to cheat St. Christopher out of his share of the plunder.
    Joe Leydon, Variety, 13 June 2025
  • Iran's response: cheating and hiding its nuclear weapons program; sprinting toward a bomb; and trying to assassinate senior American officials, including President Trump.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025

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“Do.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/do. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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