be adequate
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Instead, there’s nuance: U.S. commercial inventories may be adequate for now, but if the bulk of Middle Eastern oil supplies remains out of global reach for longer, then they could prove inadequate.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Because Tregs can educate immune cells to maintain immune tolerance, it is possible that one treatment will be adequate, but further research is needed to understand the long-term effects.
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024
More spending on public defense and lower caseloads may not even be adequate to solve the crisis, given its severity and the magnitude of costs involved, according to advocates like King County’s Khandelwal.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024
The remedies Khan offered in 2017 wouldn’t be adequate to rein in the Amazon of today.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
Gentle to the clumsy, girl-voiced boys whom he trained to be average, to be adequate, as he hit the soft fungoes to the outfield green.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
