sufficiency

Example Sentences

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As for threats, when you resort to them, you’re revealing you are uncertain of the sufficiency of your power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In his ruling at the Court of Session, Lord Sandison said a "reasonable person" could not have believed the letter gave "any assurance as to the legislative sufficiency of the scheme".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

For many, the individualism and accumulation of the container kitchen is aspirational, a way of demonstrating plenitude and sufficiency regardless of your actual class position or relation to labor and ownership.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

Earth Stewardship and Biocultural Diversity recognise these values but also stress relational values of nature or 'nature as society'; and Degrowth straddles these types of values, prioritising sufficiency and redistribution.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2024

Buttercup was searching somewhere for a sufficiency of courage.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman