Example Sentences

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All newborns lack vitamin K. No matter how much vitamin K a mother consumes, it doesn’t sufficiently pass through the placenta, and breast milk contains only small amounts.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

The state sufficiently proved that David Leath was murdered, he wrote, but “No evidence other than innuendo and conjecture identify Ms. Leath as having killed her husband.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

For those who feel the fund for their retirement year may not sufficiently capture stock-market gains, there is a simple workaround.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

If the consumer proves sufficiently resilient or gas prices move back down, you’ll get some spending lift.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

But the dark waves slither back and forth like adders, and I am sufficiently afraid that I will do exactly what Clotho says.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz