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 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
  • 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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  • Bloomberg, who served three consecutive terms as mayor in the early 2000s, also pushed for steep tax hikes on the wealthy, and even proposed free transit in some places.
    Connor Greene, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In the company’s early years, prior to Microsoft’s first $1 billion investment into OpenAI, Brockman essentially served as the AI lab’s CEO, while Altman continued to run Y Combinator.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
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  • After those negotiations in Lisbon, Berrada headed back to Manchester satisfied an agreement had been verbally struck — a story The Athletic broke via sources in Portugal, with the United CEO learning mid-flight that the news was out.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025
  • None have adequately satisfied the Royals’ needs.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Sufficed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficed. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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