sufficed; sufficing
1
: to meet or satisfy a need : be sufficient
a brief note will suffice
—often used with an impersonal itsuffice it to say that they are dedicated, serious personalities—
Cheryl Aldridge
2
: to be competent or capable
: to be enough for
a few more should suffice them
sufficer
noun
Examples of suffice in a Sentence
She's also decided that she can't countenance her mother, who gives Jane cash but demands that her daughter save every receipt or package to prove that she didn't spend the money on drugs. Suffice it to say, their short-lived truce is over.
—Alec Klein, A Class Apart: Prodigies, Pressure, and Passion Inside One of America's Best High Schools, 2007
Thirteen years later, I still don't know exactly what to make of this letter. It goes without saying that a simple thank-you note, especially nearly a year late, would have sufficed.
—Scott Turow, Atlantic, December 2005
But what of the meteoroids that come from other large objects in the solar system? To escape from Venus or the Earth, matter must be ejected at a velocity of at least seven miles a second; on Mars, three miles a second will suffice.
—Donald Goldsmith, Natural History, September 2003
No, you don't need to write a letter. A phone call will suffice.
Her example alone should suffice to show that anything is possible.
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The guidelines say nothing about an ER doctor’s examination sufficing.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
Cohen’s client list is so illustrious that most of the names have to be kept hush-hush, but suffice to say she’s worked with top talent from the likes of Kering Group, Condé Nast and the BBC.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
But in the absence of a definitive answer, a few observations and speculations will have to suffice.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
According to a Pew Research Center survey, many Americans don't believe that willpower alone suffices for weight loss maintenance.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Suffice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suffice. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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suffice
verb
suf·fice
sə-ˈfīs 
sufficed; sufficing
1
: to meet or satisfy a need : be sufficient
a brief note will suffice
2
: to be competent or capable
3
: to be enough for
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