adequate

Example Sentences

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Follow a Mediterranean-style diet, get regular physical activity, manage your weight, avoid smoking, get your blood pressure under control and try to get adequate sleep.

From MarketWatch

Montiel, 62, said Chavez’s legacy continues to reverberate as the union has pushed for improved working conditions for people laboring in extreme heat, at times without adequate breaks or water.

From Los Angeles Times

The last half decade has not generated salaried jobs in adequate numbers, the report finds.

From BBC

They had been adequate enough as long as we were behind locked doors; here they seemed at a loss.

From Literature

I spent an hour there before my 9:30 a.m. flight last week and would sum up the experience this way: perfectly adequate.

From The Wall Street Journal