adequate
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Gulf Coast due to a lack of adequate storage capacity.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
This would involve supporting them with adequate homes, water, food, electricity and community through schools, jobs, transport and safety.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
He correctly explained that companies already have strong incentives to build robust safeguards and not to rush out new models without adequate testing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The succession panel said it had carried out "due diligence, consultation and adequate consideration" before selecting Kijanangoma, with 19 members signing the resolution.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Suddenly Adam thought of his stepmother—as unloved as the farm, adequate, clean in her way, but no more wife than the farm was a home.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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