sufficient
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Unified staff, the charter “failed to meet or make sufficient progress toward meeting standards that provide a benefit to the pupils.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The company said it was encouraged that the government recognized that sufficient online safeguards “provide real value to young people.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The legislation would ban social media accounts for children under 16 years old, the statement said, adding that there be an exemption "pathway" for companies if they can demonstrate "sufficient safeguards" for children.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The biggest criticism of the new cars this year has been the engines were energy starved because it was too difficult to recover sufficient energy around a lap to meet the maximum allowance.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
She had no difficulty in procuring Isabella’s invitation; and she was fortunate in having a sufficient reason for asking it, without resorting to invention.—There was a tooth amiss.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing sufficient
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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