sufficiency
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Rex Frazier, a former deputy commissioner at the California Department of Insurance, said that in the situation that the insurers find themselves, the state regulator will be looking at a company’s capital sufficiency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Hearn’s team had already asked the presiding judge to release transcripts from the grand jury proceedings, saying testimony from the government’s sole witness before the panel raises questions about the sufficiency of the evidence presented.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
And they noticed a cyclical spike in lower food sufficiency during the NFL season.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 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
Instead of having fluctuating populations that periodically outran their resources and starved, they maintained smaller populations that enjoyed an abundance of food in good years and a sufficiency in bad years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing sufficiency
Skellig
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The Classical Period, c. 600 BCE to c. 600 CE
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2.1: Classical Empires in East Asia (Sources 1–8)
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