adequately
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Medications such as opiates primarily target pain signaling, but they may not adequately address the brain networks involved in the emotional and personal dimensions of persistent pain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
These included Capra’s weak-kneed response to the anti-Communist crusade that roiled mid-20th-century Hollywood and his occasional failure to adequately credit his collaborators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
These features are adequately handsome; they also represent relatively easy work for the panel-stamping shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
"Further work would have to be undertaken to make sure that all environmental concerns today are met and adequately responded to, but something has to be done about congestion."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The state made a plea offer of twenty years, but it was never adequately communicated to Mr. Dill, so he went to trial, was convicted, and was sentenced to death.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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