adequate

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The home has since changed its name to Morar Highland and is now rated adequate by the Care Inspectorate.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 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

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

The rules are intended to implement an international agreement known as Basel III, reached after the 2008 financial crisis to ensure banks worldwide maintain adequate buffers.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The words on the pages had stopped making sense, and nothing I could write was adequate to express the despair I felt.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers