adequate
Example Sentences
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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
"As well as impacting assessment of the quality of education, disrupted inspections have also impacted evaluation of child protection arrangements, increasing the risk that vulnerable pupils were not receiving adequate support."
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Nonetheless, after the beating stocks have taken, suddenly 7000 on the S&P 500 sounds aspirational rather than merely adequate.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 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
As it turned out, Enstice had a history of prematurely and incorrectly declaring deaths to be homicides without adequate supporting evidence.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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