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Three additional mass vaccination sites at yet-to-be announced locations in Western, Eastern and Southern Maryland will open in March if sufficient doses are available, Hogan said.

Some, like malaria or Ebola, have animal reservoirs, which means that ensuring no humans are sick isn’t sufficient to stamp them out.

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Others said there wasn’t sufficient evidence to show that new proposals would be fairer or more effective.

The county says it’s open to building this sort of activity into its long-term climate action plan, but bemoans that it does not yet have sufficient data to quantify, monitor and report the amount of carbon the practice can sequester.

When compared to high tech triple-layer waterproof winter gloves, you will find that leather gloves will not be quite as warm — but for most cold climates a lined leather glove will be sufficient to keep your hands warm.

“The level of outside support… has not been sufficient enough for them to distance themselves from al Nusra,” Cafarella said.

It's probably necessary for success in the long term, but it's far, far, far from sufficient.

Suspicion of exposure to Ebola, for example, is sufficient to justify mandatory isolation.

The scientists were able to extract sufficient DNA from the roots, and they did indeed find the virus fossils.

Whitefish, Montana, where NPI is based, is apparently not sufficient.

The Texians laughed at the fanfarronades of the dons, and did not attach sufficient importance to these formidable preparations.

What he has done in any one species or distinct kind of writing would have been sufficient to have acquired him a great name.

The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.

Then he cut away the knobs by which he climbed to it, until there was barely sufficient for his own tiny toes to rest on.

I have only set down part of this Peal, which is sufficient to shew the course and method thereof.

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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sufficient, such as: acceptable, ample, plentiful, satisfactory, tolerable, and agreeable.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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