suffice

as in to do
to be enough I was told I have to wear shoes—will thong sandals suffice?

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Recent Examples of suffice There is a 25-year warranty to the Cuisinox Roma, so suffice to say the brand has confidence that this moka pot will stand the test of time. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025 This offseason, the Dolphins felt that re-signing Benito Jones and Matt Dickerson would suffice before the draft. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025 But suffice to say that Anderson tours on his own now, separate from Yes (guitarist Steve Howe, singer Jon Davison, bassist Billy Sherwood, drummer Jay Schellen, and keyboardist Geoff Downes). Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2025 And, if identity suffices in defining the art work, what else about it is overlooked along that way? Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for suffice
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  • One issue is that hypnosis has long been viewed as a form of entertainment, a stage show with a hypnotist and an audience, which can give viewers a sense that hypnosis is something done to you rather than a process that a person is led through.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There are a lot of very respectable academics that have done a lot of really amazing work in Black Studies and Africana Studies.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • The film was one of Dean's three major films and serves as a lasting part of his legacy.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In 1898, architect René Binet unveiled his design for the Porte Monumentale, a grand three-legged archway intended to serve as the entrance portal to the upcoming 1900 Paris Exposition.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025

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