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Recent Examples of suffices
This is not a moment where simply modeling democratic and humanitarian principles by our own behavior suffices.
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Ernesto Burden, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
For some, the lower-tier MacBook Air suffices.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
No single material suffices to replicate that distinctive human texture.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 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
Creating a Partiful event or even texting the group suffices.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2025
The complete sentence, housed in a single Arabic word, أحبّك, suffices when the world closes in and there is no room for longer declarations, for the leisure of language and its constructions.
—Nima Hasan
august 15, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Ernesto Burden, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
For some, the lower-tier MacBook Air suffices.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
No single material suffices to replicate that distinctive human texture.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 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
Creating a Partiful event or even texting the group suffices.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2025
The complete sentence, housed in a single Arabic word, أحبّك, suffices when the world closes in and there is no room for longer declarations, for the leisure of language and its constructions.
—Nima Hasan
august 15, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffices
Verb
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Memory, in this story and elsewhere, serves as a tool for healing and change; Allende herself found catharsis in the act of writing the book.—
Laura Zornosa,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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This complex of Mayan vestiges serves as a testament to the mysterious and unexplainable engineering feats of this ancient civilization.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That is exactly what this film cleverly does — pinpoints the insidious nature of far-right movements and the creeping rhetoric that has polluted our society.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Corey Scher is a postdoctoral researcher at the Conflict Ecology laboratory at Oregon State University, which does satellite monitoring in conflict zones.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Director Gay has sculpted a staging that is faithful to a more leisurely 19th-century storytelling style, yet satisfies modern audiences’ constant craving for stimulation.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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And Central Florida’s Lawrence satisfies Niners’ desire for speed and explosiveness to complement Nick Bosa.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Suffices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffices. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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