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Recent Examples of suffices
But why buy brand new items when an old pillowcase suffices?
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Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
That rationale for military power no longer suffices.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 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
For example, to send money, people from developing countries do not need to enter bank details—a phone number suffices.
—Murad Salikhov, Forbes.com, 20 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
Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
That rationale for military power no longer suffices.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 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
For example, to send money, people from developing countries do not need to enter bank details—a phone number suffices.
—Murad Salikhov, Forbes.com, 20 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffices
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Police and fire rescue experts say this is also serves a reminder to always wear personal flotation devices in and around rivers, creeks, ditches and lakes.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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The spa serves as a sanctuary for adults looking to relax, and golfers can disappear for the day at the 18-hole course designed by the legendary Donald Ross.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Rather than attacking all rapidly growing cells, as chemotherapy does, the drug targets a key cancer-driving pathway known as KRAS, which is involved in more than 90% of pancreatic tumors.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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David Fine as Scorpius does an enormous amount of heavy lifting by injecting urgency and pathos, despite his character’s timid personality.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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Trump will only make a deal that satisfies his red lines, the official said, referring to the president’s demands that Iran must abandon its nuclear program, give up its enriched uranium supplies and open the Strait of Hormuz.—
Kate Sullivan,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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Using keywords satisfies those requirements, even if the conversation doesn't come to a satisfying conclusion.—
Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
28 May 2026
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“Suffices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffices. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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