suffice

"When I came and I tried to get into university they said that as I am a refugee my qualifications would not suffice," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

But in the document, the EU admits the "existing rules do not suffice", since there is no "outright ban on common problematic features".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

That might be a little heavy-handed when a simple talking-to, or a vote-whipping operation that’s more on top of things, could suffice.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

Koffi twisted her mouth to form a half grimace she hoped would suffice.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

There's a six-word answer that suffices until this time next week - we might, but we don't know - although I might indulge you in some of the wildest suggestions a bit later on.

From BBC ● May 2, 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

There exist too many of these moments to catalog, but perhaps one example suffices to illustrate the enormous power Walters wielded.

From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2022

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

Count us among those who think the red card was excessive; a yellow card would have sufficed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

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

From Salon ● May 27, 2024

This simple conversion also sufficed to activate thousands of genes associated with an inflammatory gene program that allows neutrophils to combat invading bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

"A tin of paint and a tin of WD40 would have sufficed - now they're saying it costs too much for upkeep."

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2024

As it was, more often than not one meal sufficed for two.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

What can this signify but that the service or satisfaction we expect from the novelty falls short of sufficing to convince us?

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode