adequate

Example Sentences

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The companies’ have adequate capital to cope with any prolonged stress arising from the Middle East conflict, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“We are advocating for more appropriate funding to ensure adequate access as well as the stability and sustainability of a program relied on by more than half of the seniors in this country.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

A lower rupee could well help bump up India's exports competitiveness and in comparison to past crises, Delhi's comfortable forex cover gives it adequate cushion to tide over the crisis, experts say.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The government’s August 2025 memo at the center of the legal battle directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to get more information from colleges to “provide adequate transparency into admissions.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Locke doubted whether our sensory capacities were sufficient to allow us to develop an adequate knowledge of corporeal substances.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton