insufficient
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The grand jury had decided there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges after Kris Harrison said the Glock handgun discharged accidentally while he was showing it to his daughter.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Simply appearing to be Latino and working class is insufficient, Frimpong wrote, even if a person shares those characteristics with an identified target.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Yet all these reasons are insufficient to fully explain the anomaly of the low-hire, low-fire economy, some analysts contend.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
French investigators have previously examined his real-estate holdings near Paris as part of a probe into alleged money laundering and rosewood trafficking, though the case was dropped in 2023 due to insufficient evidence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
But even more than that, I think, the man understood that words were insufficient.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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