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the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately
the sufficiency of the portions is such that you will leave the restaurant with a full stomach but without doggie bags
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Beijing would settle for military sufficiency, building armed forces for narrow regional contingencies while devoting most of its resources to domestic needs.
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Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
The 2024 No List focuses on three main areas of tourist impact: overtourism, rubbish production, and water quality and sufficiency.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 1 Jan. 2024
Police said Grier has a sufficiency hearing on July 5.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
As a result, the government continued to trumpet the sufficiency of the food supply even as the famine began to take hold.
—Douglas Gollin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
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Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
The 2024 No List focuses on three main areas of tourist impact: overtourism, rubbish production, and water quality and sufficiency.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 1 Jan. 2024
Police said Grier has a sufficiency hearing on July 5.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
As a result, the government continued to trumpet the sufficiency of the food supply even as the famine began to take hold.
—Douglas Gollin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
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“Sufficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficiency. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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