as in adequate
of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards
did a fairish job of refinishing the old chest, especially since it was her first foray into furniture restoration
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Adjective
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Several viable sites were dismissed prematurely or without adequate analysis.—
Charles Rilli,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Prolonged blackouts have draped the island and hospitals struggle with providing adequate care.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The various sights at the castle – a decent history museum, frescoed chapel, old-fashioned printing press, and wine cellar – are cute, but the real reason to come up here is to bask in the sweeping panoramas.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2026
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Hoskin is a 6-1, 190-pound winger with a pro release, offensive sense and skill, and decent skating that has improved over the years.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Trotsky’s arguments about revolution in one nation versus a revolution of the international proletariat, like the fine argumentative tracery of Paul’s Jewish Christians versus Greek ones, seemed vital to the movement at the time but weirdly trivial and abstract to those outside it.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Members of the first group will be fine even as college closures accelerate.—
Jeffrey Selingo,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Privately, some writers walking the staff picket line still had faith in WGAW management to negotiate a satisfactory deal with the AMPTP amid the drama.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
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Safety, satisfactory customer service, and ensuring riders feel secure are best achieved by maintaining — and even increasing — staffing in transit systems.—
John Samuelsen,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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What had seemed like a good way of chilling out was actually plunging me into a kind of crisis.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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That's all well and good, and that's a huge part of the learning process.—
Bryant Reed,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Most often, your stylist will be happy to follow up with another appointment to tweak the hairstyle, often at a free or discounted rate in acceptable circumstances.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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The governments involved would need to be able to persuade their people that such a deal is acceptable.—
Donald Heflin,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Fairish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairish. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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