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Although he has issued an apology, it isn’t convincing or sufficient to outweigh the pattern of behavior that came before it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
“The donors have felt the chill of the polling ... and it really just came down to where I’m not going to have sufficient resources to get us to the finish line.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
So, with the Gunners pressed back, how do they then counter-attack with sufficient quality to hurt City?
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
As I said, it’s important to have sufficient savings or Social Security income to rely on during market downturns, so you’re not forced to withdraw larger amounts from investments when values are depressed.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
For the Arguments to induce belief, though of sufficient certainty, yet do not so constrain the mind to give its assent, but there is prudence and choice in it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing sufficient
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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