satisfactory

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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

Ms. Kozma and other local opponents of the EV industry told me they haven’t received satisfactory answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

If the United States wins the WBC championship Tuesday, when no outcome besides victory would have been satisfactory, the team will explode in celebration.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

After all, Sadi Carnot finally produced a satisfactory theory of the steam engine only in 1824, more than a hundred years after Newcomen’s first engine, and sixty years after Watt’s.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton