adequate

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Core to that agreement is that the public be left with adequate access to food and water, and there can be no strikes to starve the population or force the displacement of civilians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

About one-third of students screened are unable to read the eye chart, but very few of those kids have adequate glasses.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

"As well as impacting assessment of the quality of education, disrupted inspections have also impacted evaluation of child protection arrangements, increasing the risk that vulnerable pupils were not receiving adequate support."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Further analysis showed that their brown fat lacked proper nerve structure and an adequate network of blood vessels.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

As if the trees weren’t an adequate barrier, a metal fence surrounds the approach, decorated with rolls of barbed wire.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin