adequate

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About one-third of students screened are unable to read the eye chart, but very few of those kids have adequate glasses.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Further analysis showed that their brown fat lacked proper nerve structure and an adequate network of blood vessels.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Instead, the Fed’s current bond buying is meant to make sure that banks have access to an adequate level of reserves, a type of currency used for bank-to-bank payments and banks’ other daily needs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Boutcher said his concerns about adequate police resourcing stemmed from how officers managed the case of extreme online abuser Alexander McCartney.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The Department of Agriculture’s Yearbook for 1952, devoted entirely to insects, recognizes the fact that insects become resistant but says, “More applications or greater quantities of the insecticides are needed then for adequate control.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson