Thesaurus results for SUFFICED

sufficed

verb

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past tense of suffice

as in did

to be enough I was told I have to wear shoes—will thong sandals suffice?

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Recent Examples of sufficed 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 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. —

ABC News, 4 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

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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
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