sufficiency

Example Sentences

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As for threats, when you resort to them, you’re revealing you are uncertain of the sufficiency of your power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"I'm a sleep physiologist who understands the health benefits of sleep, but the strength of the association between sleep sufficiency and life expectancy was remarkable to me."

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

For many, the individualism and accumulation of the container kitchen is aspirational, a way of demonstrating plenitude and sufficiency regardless of your actual class position or relation to labor and ownership.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

Mr Justice Fowler ruled they provided "a sufficiency of evidence" to continue.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

As their leader, Dasch explained that his important business was to take care of "the correctness and sufficiency" of their forged identification papers.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple