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Recent Examples of sufficed
He is entitled, dismissive and will go out of his way to say something cruel and condescending when nothing at all would have sufficed.
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ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
What sufficed for drama down the stretch was whether May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Everybody was on their best behavior Monday night, with the possible exception of one crucial play, and the clutch shot-making of Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander more than sufficed as great theater.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Pointing out that Jeanty has recorded 6, 8 and 6 receptions in his last three games would have probably sufficed at the case for this prop bet.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
While there has been a boom in development, demand hasn’t sufficed to fill them.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
Soon, though, Shahn began to doubt whether such pleasant, inoffensive paintings sufficed.
—Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
Face-to-face sales are needed where online contracts once sufficed.
—Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
An Alien television show featuring nothing more than the Coca Cola classic Alien could have sufficed us, so why all the extra bells and whistles?
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
What sufficed for drama down the stretch was whether May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Everybody was on their best behavior Monday night, with the possible exception of one crucial play, and the clutch shot-making of Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander more than sufficed as great theater.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Pointing out that Jeanty has recorded 6, 8 and 6 receptions in his last three games would have probably sufficed at the case for this prop bet.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
While there has been a boom in development, demand hasn’t sufficed to fill them.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
Soon, though, Shahn began to doubt whether such pleasant, inoffensive paintings sufficed.
—Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
Face-to-face sales are needed where online contracts once sufficed.
—Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
An Alien television show featuring nothing more than the Coca Cola classic Alien could have sufficed us, so why all the extra bells and whistles?
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sufficed
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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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West, a three-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, served as a special consultant with the Clippers from 2017 until his death in June 2024.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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One night early this spring, however, the Otis Bantum Correctional Center, on Rikers Island, served as the setting for something else—dinner with the Mayor.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Personals like this one may feel like a relic—Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji, New York’s mayor and his wife, met on Hinge, after all—but love and lust have been satisfied by column inches since the 1800s.—
Zara Meerza,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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State court records show Blueprint satisfied the judgment by last April.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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