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suffices

verb

present tense third-person singular of suffice

as in serves

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

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Recent Examples of suffices The majority explained that authority for the president to construct the ballroom requires satisfying both of those statutes; neither alone suffices. — Ellen P. Aprill, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 Simply continuing your current savings strategy or leaving funds in a traditional savings account no longer suffices. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 30 July 2026 But why buy brand new items when an old pillowcase suffices? — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026 That rationale for military power no longer suffices. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026 These techniques create synergy capable of overcoming even sophisticated cyber defenses, but usually internet access suffices for these cyber actors to get the job done. — Jim Richberg, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026 This is not a moment where simply modeling democratic and humanitarian principles by our own behavior suffices. — Ernesto Burden, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 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

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The flood was a major blow to an enduring effort to modernize the pipeline that serves 6 million visitors a year and roughly 1,600 residents of Grand Canyon Village.

— Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
The flood hits water supply in the canyon The flood was a major blow to an enduring effort to modernize the water pipeline that serves visitors and the roughly 1,600 residents of Grand Canyon Village.

— Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of serves

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Here below, France’s own long-drink-of-water goalie Robin Risser does his best Beckham follow-on act with a stately Louis Vuitton carry-all with their trademark leather trim at the stress points.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Fazio wants a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools; so does Lamont.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

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And now, that should produce a release date that satisfies audiences.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Central to the reorganization is an institutional separation between standard setting and conformity assessment—the process used to determine whether a product, facility or company satisfies those standards.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

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