suffice

FDA officials said the trial design their predecessors had accepted would no longer suffice for accelerated approval.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

But in the document, the EU admits the "existing rules do not suffice", since there is no "outright ban on common problematic features".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

It added: "For now, suffice it to say that we are devastated at the loss of one of cycling's good guys."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

That might be a little heavy-handed when a simple talking-to, or a vote-whipping operation that’s more on top of things, could suffice.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

“There will be no more Houses. The emblem, shield, and colors of my noble ancestor, Salazar Slytherin, will suffice for everyone. Won’t they, Neville Longbottom?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

There's a six-word answer that suffices until this time next week - we might, but we don't know - although I might indulge you in some of the wildest suggestions a bit later on.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

But military experts say that domestic production now suffices to ensure the front line wouldn’t imminently collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

I could go on, but it suffices to say that “The Osbournes” sits near the root system of celebreality’s Tree of Life, for richer or poorer.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025

It’s not quite as effective when used without misoprostol, but it suffices as a backup option.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2024

Whereas chimpanzees spend five hours a day chewing raw food, a single hour suffices for people eating cooked food.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Count us among those who think the red card was excessive; a yellow card would have sufficed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

“School was OK, but I loved Wales,” would’ve sufficed.

From Salon ● May 27, 2024

This simple conversion also sufficed to activate thousands of genes associated with an inflammatory gene program that allows neutrophils to combat invading bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

"A tin of paint and a tin of WD40 would have sufficed - now they're saying it costs too much for upkeep."

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2024

Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

It was the more plentiful elements that were usually found first, relatively simple experiments sufficing to confirm their existence.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2021

That is what the grant of Article 3 life tenure offers a man: the ability to do precisely what he decides to do, with no amount of political pressure sufficing to change that.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2021

Tied up in the respect and ubiquity afforded to these men is the mononym, or a single word sufficing for a person’s whole name.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2020

Their literary wars are more like the battles of boys in the woods, waged wholly in imaginary terms, with cries of “I got you!” sufficing to declare victory.

From Slate ● May 28, 2015

When dies are run at a maximum speed and continuously at work they should be sharpened once or, if the duty is heavy, twice a day, a very little grinding sufficing.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose