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Recent Examples of sufficed
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.
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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
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
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Public interest in the case intensified after the local press widely reported that the father of one of the suspects served as undersecretary for governance and compliance within Rio’s state social development and human rights department.—
Eléonore Hughes,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Crosby is out a minimum of four weeks because of a lower-body injury and Malkin served the second of a five-game suspension for slashing Buffalo's Rasmus Dahlin in the head.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2026
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To her, Dorr’s presentation satisfied questions of access, freeing the library board to consider capacity.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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The legislation laid out in detail a governance structure that satisfied lenders financing the transaction by giving the borrower, the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, control over decision making for three years after the deal closed.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Sufficed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficed. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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