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Recent Examples of suffice
Sadly, a flight home to London Heathrow in the morning will have to suffice.
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Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2026
Simply becoming a long-term rotation player would suffice for Biggers, because that’s usually the most optimistic hope for a seventh-round pick.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Breaking down such a layered metaphysical concept with the relatively few words left in this review would be a fool’s errand, but suffice it to say that all of the math miraculously checks out.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
Potato sacks were restitched as dresses for the girls while ugly brogans that didn’t fit had to suffice as shoes.
—Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2026
Simply becoming a long-term rotation player would suffice for Biggers, because that’s usually the most optimistic hope for a seventh-round pick.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Breaking down such a layered metaphysical concept with the relatively few words left in this review would be a fool’s errand, but suffice it to say that all of the math miraculously checks out.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
Potato sacks were restitched as dresses for the girls while ugly brogans that didn’t fit had to suffice as shoes.
—Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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The southern Portuguese city of Alcacer do Sal, about 60 miles from Lisbon, was battling rising waters from the river Sado, with downtown areas flooded and water levels measuring roughly 7 feet high in some places.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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For people that are not tracking what that actually means, that means that ICE can do almost no arrests in the entire country … If a court rules that there’s a final order of removal, they’re removed actually by an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Fred Beam and Julian Ortiz will serve as American Sign Language interpreters.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
8 Feb. 2026
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The 35-member cabinet is chaired by Prime Minister Shae'a al-Zandani, who also serves as foreign minister.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Suffice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffice. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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