adequate
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Soto alleges that under Patsy and Elsy, she was denied adequate time off to grieve after the sudden death of her brother, and was told to “report to work immediately.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Partnerships with Chinese carmakers "cannot, on their own, be considered an adequate answer," he added.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
A Texas summer camp where 27 girls died in a flood last July hasn't met adequate safety standards for an operating license this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Research consistently linked adequate midwifery staffing to safer births, earlier detection of complications and better outcomes for mothers and babies.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Suddenly Adam thought of his stepmother—as unloved as the farm, adequate, clean in her way, but no more wife than the farm was a home.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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