satisfactory

Example Sentences

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If the United States wins the WBC championship Tuesday, when no outcome besides victory would have been satisfactory, the team will explode in celebration.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The report from those visits, which the BBC has seen, said the facilities were "satisfactory" and a cold room with a capacity for four people was used on site.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

"So perhaps if the DC district attorney, or the DC US Attorney, gets some answers and the answers are satisfactory, then we can move on," Bessent told host Larry Kudlow.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

“My early books that are primarily in Latin used to be completely inaccessible, but you can take a photograph of them, put them into ChatGPT, and out comes a very satisfactory translation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

If it is not overstepping myself, I would greatly appreciate your telling me if you find being a nun very satisfactory, in a spiritual way, of course.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger