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• The two-foot length is small enough to store and transport but long enough to do the job right.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2023
• But, in a pinch, my kids can do the job; try putting an 8-year-old behind the wheel of the plow truck.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Dec. 2022
• These are very basic and do the job for smaller chests.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
• This piece of cookware can do the job of so many different pots and pans.
  — Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 19 Jan. 2023
• There are other technologies that do the job for one-tenth of the cost for fiber-class speeds.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
• Lean requires that workers do the job the same way every time.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
• These Belkin headphones do the job, with 30 hours of battery life and a sturdy build.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 11 July 2023
• But the first few devices produced didn’t do the job well enough, either.
  — Eva Holland, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• The next commander-in-chief has got to be able to do the job of commander-in-chief on day one.
  — Elizabeth Heckman, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2023
• But where there’s a will, there’s a way—and, apparently, a crane available to do the job.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
• For now, there are clearly limits to how well AI can do the job of a human on its own.
  — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 24 June 2023
• Such groups often hang out for hours in the kitchen, and a quick cabinet refacing would do the job.
  — Karen Kreider Yoder, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
• And that’s good enough to do the job of active noise cancellation.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Nov. 2023
• In most healthy adults, these tricks typically do the job.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2023
• For people who like to roll out their tools to see them all at once, organizer will do the job.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 3 Dec. 2022
• Seabuckthorn oil is full of natural fatty acids that do the job.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2022
• Sometimes, lightweight children’s tools will do the job.
  — oregonlive, 29 May 2023
• Still, a good portion don’t believe either party can do the job, per Pew.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
• The gun is chambered initially in .30-30 Win., which will do the job nicely on hogs at closer ranges.
  — Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
• The farm workers offered help in cutting the tree down, but the child usually wanted to do the job himself.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 7 Dec. 2022
• For more than three decades, he's taught countless people how to ski and ride and has even trained his fair share of instructors how to do the job, too.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
• Small and medium-size bark chips can do the job with a 2- to 3-inch layer, while straw and leaves can be distributed 3 to 4 inches deep.
  — Dan Vierria, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• Take advantage of a pleasant September day and do the job now.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Speaking from her Vermont home, Jones says the biggest mistake a recipe can make is not to give cooks the necessary tools to do the job.
  — Bill Daley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• This detergent is gentle on fabrics, yet tough enough to do the job and get your clothes looking their best.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2023
• Maybe cursive works for love letters — but roses do the job better.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Eventually, there won’t be enough atoms of silicon to do the job.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Oct. 2023
• Willingness to do the job he’s hired for in honor of what’s best for the film, not himself, seems to have endeared him to the designers with whom he’s worked.
  — Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 17 Feb. 2023
• Since the actress is allergic to most nail polish, Sanchez used an all-natural brand called Green Flash to do the job.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2023
• Spray-on coatings must be applied on all sides in an even covering thick enough to do the job, but not thick enough to drip or bubble.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 18 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024