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adequacy

[ad-i-kwuh-see] / ˈæd ɪ kwə si /


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Note that the numbers say nothing about adequacy: Do low-income individuals have enough to live decently?

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Our teeth offer another reminder that evolution prioritises adequacy over durability.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

Pulling down the models because of government intervention driven by concerns about the adequacy of safeguards was an unprecedented move for a leading U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Per the World Health Organization, a healthy diet is made up of four basic principles: adequacy, balance, moderation and diversity.

From Salon May 7, 2026

He left me to my thoughts, which mainly concerned my own adequacy.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

That is odd, considering that America will continue to fund them at a cost of $4 billion a year; and given also the adequacies so painfully evident in Kunduz.

From Economist Oct. 8, 2015

Of course, changes in the adequacies of supplies would be taken account of on either interpretation.

From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson

Some discussed directly their pains, joys, adequacies, and inadequacies.

From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson

Wieland.—Wieland wrote German better than any one else, and had the genuine adequacies and inadequacies of the master.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche




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