suffices

Definition of sufficesnext
present tense third-person singular of suffice
as in serves
to be enough I was told I have to wear shoes—will thong sandals suffice?

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Recent Examples of suffices For some, the lower-tier MacBook Air suffices. Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026 No single material suffices to replicate that distinctive human texture. Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025 And, if identity suffices in defining the art work, what else about it is overlooked along that way? Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 Creating a Partiful event or even texting the group suffices. Shelby Wax, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2025 The complete sentence, housed in a single Arabic word, أحبّك, suffices when the world closes in and there is no room for longer declarations, for the leisure of language and its constructions. Nima Hasan august 15, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Use this time to think about what makes sense to offload that no longer serves your career.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The college serves an additional 3,253 professional skills training students through workforce development, job training, adult education and other programs.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • While not every product in the brand’s SOS collection includes hypochlorous acid (an excellent anti-acneic ingredient), the serum does.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2026
  • When an older condo building sits on valuable land in a desirable neighborhood, like Biscayne 21 does, developers often see it as an opportunity to tear down the old and replace it with a newer, more profitable luxury condo building.
    Catherine Odom January 29, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The trial court now will have to resolve whether the Salvation Army’s work therapy satisfies this two-part test.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Wrestling satisfies a natural need for performance and competition.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026

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“Suffices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffices. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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