adequate
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For people who already have adequate nutrition, many supplements offer little or no measurable benefit.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
Instead, there’s nuance: U.S. commercial inventories may be adequate for now, but if the bulk of Middle Eastern oil supplies remains out of global reach for longer, then they could prove inadequate.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
"The old East Wing was not adequate to protect the safety and security of the president and others in the White House," he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Swinney said that while the party's systems were "robust", there had "not been in every respect adequate controls in place".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
There was real concern, particularly among Alice Paul’s committee members, that the police would not be able to practice adequate crowd control.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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