adequate
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Postal Service records and mismatches render a voter inactive and unable to vote until they provide adequate information.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
“And it’s absolutely required in our industry to have an adequate level of profit to be able to continue to invest.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In November 2022, Tom Nicholson Jnr's father Thomas Nicholson – who led TN Trawlers – admitted failing to get adequate care for a Filipino crewman, Joel Quince.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Larger groups can "compete with new players and maintain adequate levels of profitability in an increasingly integrated market", it added.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
That means adequate covered sleeping space for just 2,500 hikers over 2,200 miles of trail.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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