satisfactory
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If the banks can’t give satisfactory answers, banking supervisors should require them to set capital aside as if the answer were the worst plausible one.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
This means satisfactory or better sales and earnings results versus expectations could bring the stocks higher, especially if the earnings continue to grow for a few more years.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
There’s no satisfactory answer to that, although it’s fair to say that the papacies of Francis and Leo represent the first serious efforts to reckon with those more recent crimes.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Sheriff Fraser concluded the system for checking food was being served to the correct person was not satisfactory.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
No method had been developed for growing the disease organism in an artificial medium, but a satisfactory substitute was evolved; infected grubs are ground up, dried, and combined with chalk.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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