suffice
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If your stepmother acknowledged in the email she sent you after the statute of limitations expired on contesting the will, even implicitly, that she promised to give you $500,000, that could suffice.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
“I anticipate that most, if not all, states will eventually issue forms of identification that suffice to establish lawful presence.”
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
A score of a difference at the end will suffice for Scotland.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
Potato sacks were restitched as dresses for the girls while ugly brogans that didn’t fit had to suffice as shoes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
I settled my plans, and began to ready my will and body to enter dothe, for my own strength would never suffice unaided by the strength out of the Dark.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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