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He faces three felony counts of grand theft by embezzlement and one felony count of insufficient checking funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Meanwhile, Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan warned that progress toward the Fed’s 2% inflation goal was still insufficient, suggesting she could dissent in favor of raising interest rates rather than holding them steady.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
A union in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia complained this week that protections for Glovo delivery riders under the company's summer protocol were insufficient when temperatures were approaching 45C.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
As for the weakest themes, UBS flagged consumer staples and consumer discretionary, citing macroeconomic worries and insufficient earnings revisions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Convinced that an untapped market of dreamers existed with ample cash but insufficient experience to climb the world’s great mountains on their own, Hall and Ball launched an enterprise they christened Adventure Consultants.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing insufficient
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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Bridge to Terabithia
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