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suffice

[suh-fahys, -fahyz] / səˈfaɪs, -ˈfaɪz /


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In this season of expectation, only one potential outcome will suffice.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Experts, however, advise moderation — saying that regular old water and a balanced diet generally suffice against a backdrop of wellness shortcuts and health hacks.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

Analysts say, however, that such splits will not suffice to derail the negotiating process.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

Restrepo says the U.S. already has a rich tax system that can tax corporate income, which might suffice even as AI progresses.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

The explanation of how the tricks are worked is too complicated to explain in detail here, and two fairly elementary examples should suffice.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

There's a six-word answer that suffices until this time next week - we might, but we don't know - although I might indulge you in some of the wildest suggestions a bit later on.

From BBC May 2, 2026

But military experts say that domestic production now suffices to ensure the front line wouldn’t imminently collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

I could go on, but it suffices to say that “The Osbournes” sits near the root system of celebreality’s Tree of Life, for richer or poorer.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2025

It’s not quite as effective when used without misoprostol, but it suffices as a backup option.

From Slate Nov. 6, 2024

This quick tour through Africa’s food staples suffices to show that some of them traveled a long way from their points of origin, both inside and outside Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Is it remotely possible that any such explanation would have sufficed in previous eras?

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

“School was OK, but I loved Wales,” would’ve sufficed.

From Salon May 27, 2024

This simple conversion also sufficed to activate thousands of genes associated with an inflammatory gene program that allows neutrophils to combat invading bacteria.

From Science Daily Feb. 14, 2024

"A tin of paint and a tin of WD40 would have sufficed - now they're saying it costs too much for upkeep."

From BBC Jan. 13, 2024

Equations occasionally crept into his argument, but in most cases words would have sufficed.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

It was the more plentiful elements that were usually found first, relatively simple experiments sufficing to confirm their existence.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2021

That is what the grant of Article 3 life tenure offers a man: the ability to do precisely what he decides to do, with no amount of political pressure sufficing to change that.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2021

Tied up in the respect and ubiquity afforded to these men is the mononym, or a single word sufficing for a person’s whole name.

From Slate Oct. 24, 2020

Their literary wars are more like the battles of boys in the woods, waged wholly in imaginary terms, with cries of “I got you!” sufficing to declare victory.

From Slate May 28, 2015

But Adele continued to shriek, while the caterpillar wriggled along her delicate arm, each movement sufficing to send her into a fresh paroxysm of fear.

From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Madison, Lucy Foster




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