satisfactory

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Femenia-Serra says that cities are still searching for satisfactory formulas.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

This may not be possible if you need treatment for a rare or unusual problem, but for most of what you need, you should be able to find satisfactory clinicians in your system.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Now, with renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, looming, The Wall Street Journal reports that foreign auto makers are threatening to pull their cheapest models from the U.S. if a satisfactory deal isn’t reached.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

There’s no satisfactory answer to that, although it’s fair to say that the papacies of Francis and Leo represent the first serious efforts to reckon with those more recent crimes.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Skull-rapping and elbow-thumping became a practice in which everybody in the family, except Mother, participated until Dad deemed our table manners satisfactory.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey