satisfy
Example Sentences
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"The government has given some responses, but they don't help, they don't satisfy."
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Gathering together some of the anthology’s pithiest and most striking quotations, Mr. Romm’s book is an intriguing and occasionally frustrating aperitif that doesn’t fully satisfy but is nonetheless stimulating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"Unfortunately, it does not appear possible to fully satisfy the demand for fuel at the current moment," the Kremlin-appointed regional head, Sergei Aksyonov, admitted on 5 June.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The working-age population is hardly growing, so that’s enough new jobs to keep the unemployment rate low and satisfy the private sector’s demand for labor.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
I was, of course, sorry there was so much poverty and disease in Haiti, and I admired Farmer for his work, but I also felt that I couldn’t be sorry enough to satisfy him.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Power Suffix: -fy
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