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suffice

[suh-fahys, -fahyz] / səˈfaɪs, -ˈfaɪz /


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That should suffice to shore up the Fed’s independence, although Congress might elect to follow the comptroller-general model, requiring either impeachment for cause or a joint resolution for removal of governors and the chairman.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

In this season of expectation, only one potential outcome will suffice.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Experts, however, advise moderation — saying that regular old water and a balanced diet generally suffice against a backdrop of wellness shortcuts and health hacks.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

While a free VPN may suffice for occasional use, paid VPNs offer a far superior experience.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

Whatever head start these measures gave would have to suffice.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The percentage of Yuka users who pay for premium is tiny but that suffices because the total number of users is so enormous, she adds.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

But military experts say that domestic production now suffices to ensure the front line wouldn’t imminently collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

I could go on, but it suffices to say that “The Osbournes” sits near the root system of celebreality’s Tree of Life, for richer or poorer.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2025

Paczkowski said you don’t need to be a good dancer to participate – a slightly bent one knee at the right beat suffices.

From Seattle Times Feb. 19, 2024

Whereas chimpanzees spend five hours a day chewing raw food, a single hour suffices for people eating cooked food.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

He said their occupation of the guardhouse would have sufficed in causing disruption and the damage they caused was "gratuitous" and for "performance purposes only".

From BBC Mar. 4, 2026

Is it remotely possible that any such explanation would have sufficed in previous eras?

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

The defensive highlights sufficed against the struggling Raiders, a team with future Hall of Famer Tom Brady now on the ownership roster but, unfortunately for coach Antonio Pierce, not playing quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2024

“School was OK, but I loved Wales,” would’ve sufficed.

From Salon May 27, 2024

Equations occasionally crept into his argument, but in most cases words would have sufficed.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

It was the more plentiful elements that were usually found first, relatively simple experiments sufficing to confirm their existence.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2021

That is what the grant of Article 3 life tenure offers a man: the ability to do precisely what he decides to do, with no amount of political pressure sufficing to change that.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2021

Tied up in the respect and ubiquity afforded to these men is the mononym, or a single word sufficing for a person’s whole name.

From Slate Oct. 24, 2020

Their literary wars are more like the battles of boys in the woods, waged wholly in imaginary terms, with cries of “I got you!” sufficing to declare victory.

From Slate May 28, 2015

Bombax ceiba, and Bombax monguba, the monguba of the Amazon, are used for canoes, a single trunk sufficing to make a craft that will carry twenty hogsheads of sugar along with its crew of tapuyos.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid




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