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
However, “pain perception is very idiosyncratic,” Goldstein said, and what works at reducing pain for one woman might not be adequate for another.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023
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
