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sufficing

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verb

present participle of suffice
as in serving
to be enough I was told I have to wear shoes—will thong sandals suffice?

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Adjective
  • The plant, located in Hartsville, South Carolina, generates 759 megawatts of electricity, which is a capacity sufficient to power approximately 570,000 homes.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The Meta-Amazon deal announced on Friday is the latest Big Tech tie-up as the industry scrambles to secure sufficient processors to power new and future AI models.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Householder is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2023 of orchestrating the scheme, which FirstEnergy has admitted to underwriting.
    Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Think about caring for an ill mate, losing income because of having to give up your job, having difficulty paying your bills and suffering from painful arthritis while serving as the unpaid caregiver.
    Helen Dennis, Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Several viable sites were dismissed prematurely or without adequate analysis.
    Charles Rilli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Prolonged blackouts have draped the island and hospitals struggle with providing adequate care.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Even the Altitude Edition with the black wheels -- at the time no one was really doing that.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The authority on gardening in the South loved doing live shows and meeting his fans.
    Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The defense was more than satisfactory in subduing the league’s top offense.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Be sure to triple-check that the details are satisfactory before signing anything.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There’s no satisfying answer to why Sasha climbed onto the pool.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Now, 30% of Maran’s current sales are refills, most of which are contained in photogenic, sensorially satisfying pouches.
    Kara McGrath, Allure, 22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Each press delivers an acceptable amount of tactile feedback and is pretty quiet, too.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Downstream water districts warned Branden Ingersoll, a spokesman for the state health department’s Hazardous Materials Division, said the data show arsenic concentration in the water is acceptable for surface water but not for tap water.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The union also wants to ensure that workers have a reasonable amount of overtime, mandatory overtime and on-call hours, Beck said.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Its reasonable prices combined with the speedy, mobile-friendly claims process make this brand an excellent option for many travelers.
    Liz Knueven,Ryley Amond, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Sufficing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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