sufficed

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 For players 20 and older, a full season in the AHL sufficed to accrue a professional season. Thomas Drance, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 For most, this would have sufficed for nautical recreation. Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026 He is entitled, dismissive and will go out of his way to say something cruel and condescending when nothing at all would have sufficed. ABC News, 29 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
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
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • The court had unsealed an arrest warrant for Ronald Marapon dela Rosa, who served as national police chief under Duterte.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • After Abrahamson was accused in 2003 of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from an ex-girlfriend and her friends in a fake investment scheme, he was found guilty of violating his probation and served about seven years in state prison.
    Kevin Fixler September 16, Idaho Statesman, 16 Sep. 2026
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  • The Jets tried to trade him during the summer, but were never able to get the deal that satisfied Kevin Cheveldayoff.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of recognizing that a 1-paragraph block is not a 10-paragraph block, the generation engine assumed that formatting the technical specifications neatly satisfied the underlying intent.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Sufficed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficed. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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