suffice
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But in the document, the EU admits the "existing rules do not suffice", since there is no "outright ban on common problematic features".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
That might be a little heavy-handed when a simple talking-to, or a vote-whipping operation that’s more on top of things, could suffice.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
It tells customers: "What you see is what you pay. We do not accept tips, your kind words and return visits will suffice."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
That should suffice to shore up the Fed’s independence, although Congress might elect to follow the comptroller-general model, requiring either impeachment for cause or a joint resolution for removal of governors and the chairman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Caesar’s mortification would have to suffice for the pair.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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The percentage of Yuka users who pay for premium is tiny but that suffices because the total number of users is so enormous, she adds.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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
Banks have been creating children’s bank account products for decades, but with the rise in e-commerce and financial technology companies, a basic checking account for a teenager no longer suffices.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
“For most of us, the signature suffices, but I would hate to disappoint a new brother-in-arms. Welcome to the Second Sons, Lord Tyrion.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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He said their occupation of the guardhouse would have sufficed in causing disruption and the damage they caused was "gratuitous" and for "performance purposes only".
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Is it remotely possible that any such explanation would have sufficed in previous eras?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
And for more than a generation it sufficed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
“School was OK, but I loved Wales,” would’ve sufficed.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
Whoa there, slow down lady, a simple “it’s inappropriate” would have sufficed.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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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
She had noticed the same thing; and could not help wondering why their visitor came so frequently when he no longer cared to discuss the once all sufficing topic.
From The Triumph of Jill by F.E. Mills Young
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