suffices

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 The majority explained that authority for the president to construct the ballroom requires satisfying both of those statutes; neither alone suffices. — Ellen P. Aprill, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 Simply continuing your current savings strategy or leaving funds in a traditional savings account no longer suffices. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 30 July 2026 But why buy brand new items when an old pillowcase suffices? — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026 That rationale for military power no longer suffices. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026 These techniques create synergy capable of overcoming even sophisticated cyber defenses, but usually internet access suffices for these cyber actors to get the job done. — Jim Richberg, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026 This is not a moment where simply modeling democratic and humanitarian principles by our own behavior suffices. — Ernesto Burden, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffices
Verb
  • Tessa Coates created the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner along with Matt Miller and director Peyton Reed.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • One outbuilding serves as a workout room with an infrared sauna.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This means Voraotsady’s husband, Ash Jones — who also does the bookkeeping — does the grocery shopping on Sunday mornings.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Frank McCourt bought the team before the 2004 season and brought in his own people, as a new owner often does.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Organizations must determine whether software seamlessly satisfies end-user intent and business domain expectations.
    — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The models are deliberately tuned to favor the shortest, computationally cheapest response that satisfies the bare minimum requirements of a query.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Suffices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffices. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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