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Recent Examples of sufficient
Nolan speculated that, maybe, sufficient energy could be harvested from space-time itself, using the zero-point field and quantum tunnelling.
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Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Most people get a sufficient amount of this key vitamin through their diets alone—biotin can be found in beef liver and eggs, and for those without a biotin deficiency, biotin is unlikely to help.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2025
Instead, it was designed to offer an alternative for leagues that lacked the financial resources, personnel or sufficient cameras to use the full VAR system.
—Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
But a federal judge ruled against the police agency, concluding there was sufficient evidence to proceed to trial — including a neighbor's cell phone video that captured a trooper punching the man in the face and slamming him to the ground.
—Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Most people get a sufficient amount of this key vitamin through their diets alone—biotin can be found in beef liver and eggs, and for those without a biotin deficiency, biotin is unlikely to help.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2025
Instead, it was designed to offer an alternative for leagues that lacked the financial resources, personnel or sufficient cameras to use the full VAR system.
—Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
But a federal judge ruled against the police agency, concluding there was sufficient evidence to proceed to trial — including a neighbor's cell phone video that captured a trooper punching the man in the face and slamming him to the ground.
—Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sufficient
Adjective
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Wacha hasn’t received adequate run support this season.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Without the presence of adequate airflow, the dust has no where to go and settles on various surfaces.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bondi could argue that her actions set a reasonable expectation that public officials should conduct themselves with respect towards other branches of government.—
Andrew Binns,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lawyers for the plaintiffs said their restraining order only prevented federal agents from making stops without reasonable suspicion, in line with the Constitution and Court precedent.—
Dan Gooding
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In his June ruling, Judge Alsup agreed with Anthropic's argument, stating the company's use of books by the plaintiffs to train their AI model was acceptable.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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Reconciliation was acceptable only on the white South’s terms.—
Time,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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On a scale of one to five, an average or satisfactory experience is a three.—
Shep Hyken,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Of those, six — including five children — are in satisfactory condition.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But those things don’t add up to make the Countryman’s problems become tolerable quirks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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Side effects can vary too, sometimes making one medication more tolerable than the another.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Padres might come to regret trading Ryan Bergert and Stephen Kolek, but another trade deadline acquisition, Freddy Fermin, has provided a decent upgrade at a position of glaring weakness.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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One is the character of the factory owner, Baek Joo-sang, who has a very dark, hidden side to him, but who is also considered a good boss and decent person by the people around him.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sufficient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficient. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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