How to Use sufficiency in a Sentence

sufficiency

noun

• The road to self-sufficiency for the transit agency remains long.
  — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
• The goal is to move them quickly toward self-sufficiency.
  — USA Today, 28 Dec. 2021
• But with 300 miles of beaches, Sierra Leone can claim self-sufficiency in sand.
  — Peter Yeung, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• At the same time, Cry Macho casts doubt on the value of masculine self-sufficiency.
  — John Semley, The New Republic, 23 Sep. 2021
• The grant will be used to improve the survivors’ safety, access to justice and self sufficiency.
  — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2021
• In those years between the cuddly attachment of childhood and the self-sufficiency of adulthood, teens can cause quite a headache for those who love them.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
• The value of even the illusions of privacy and self-sufficiency is too high.
  — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2021
• The goal is for these families to reach self-sufficiency within 12 months.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2021
• The purchase is in line with the government’s push for energy self-sufficiency, López Obrador said.
  — Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | AAAS, 23 June 2021
• The self-sufficiency of that military base has long played a role in keeping Twentynine Palms sleepy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
• Their newfound self-sufficiency is a boon not only for the research, but also for each other.
  — Wudan Yan, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2021
• Today’s Army no longer thinks of itself as a Euro-centric ground force that strives for self-sufficiency in waging war.
  — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• And, the jail employees were in no position to question the sufficiency of the nurse's assessment of Reece, according to the opinion.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2023
• But McCarthy preached the validity of the scheme installs and the system’s sufficiency despite the mere 3-point showing.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
• The next court hearing will be held May 12, during which the sufficiency to clarify the details in the indictment will be heard, according to Small.
  — Nick Valencia, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
• Thatcher learned the values of thrift, self-sufficiency and living within ones means at the knee of her father, a grocer and alderman.
  — Rosa Prince, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
• The former president’s lawyers are likely to challenge the sufficiency of the indictment itself as grounds to dismiss the case.
  — Ann E. Marimow, Rosalind S. Helderman and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Meanwhile, as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq got under way, Camp Pendleton began taking steps to increase its self-sufficiency.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2021
• Our hopes are that people come inside and begin working on a path away from homelessness and to self-sufficiency.
  — Courier Journal Staff Reports, The Courier-Journal, 21 Aug. 2021
• His mere sufficiency in that department is the wavering note to which the entire movie is tuned and which, for all its many virtues, makes the film slip away from its emotional center.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• One of the great benefits of solar power is self-sufficiency.
  — WSJ, 18 May 2021
• But self-sufficiency is a tricky beast, as both the Sino-U.S. trade conflict and Russia’s current travails are demonstrating.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022
• Now, the agency is looking to help others reach water self-sufficiency.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2022
• Commoners lost, in the bargain, the freedom once afforded to them by self-sufficiency.
  — Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022
• Among families with children, nearly 90% of the improvement in food sufficiency this year occurred in the two weeks after each round of payments.
  — Jason Deparle New York Times, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021
• That self-sufficiency comes in handy for creatures that can’t afford to dote on their infants for long, or that are constantly on the move, like antelope, cattle, and horses.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
• The nonprofit helps young adults who are transitioning out of the foster care system achieve self-sufficiency and well-being through long-term support.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2022
• Louise Little, meanwhile, had been raised to believe in Black independence, self-sufficiency and Black pride.
  — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 9 May 2021
• Allowing residents to go to the shops and hairdressers on their own restores their sense of independence and self-sufficiency.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2021
• Among families with children, nearly 90 percent of the improvement in food sufficiency this year occurred in the two weeks after each round of payments.
  — New York Times, 2 June 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024