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satisfactory

[sat-is-fak-tuh-ree, -fak-tree] / ˌsæt ɪsˈfæk tə ri, -ˈfæk tri /


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"Work within the company is progressing with a very satisfactory level of readiness, and remains fully in line with the initial schedule," it said.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

"The restriction on education beyond grade six is a separate issue," he said, directing us to the ministry of education who would "hopefully… provide a satisfactory response".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

If the banks can’t give satisfactory answers, banking supervisors should require them to set capital aside as if the answer were the worst plausible one.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

There’s no satisfactory answer to that, although it’s fair to say that the papacies of Francis and Leo represent the first serious efforts to reckon with those more recent crimes.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

We will be lucky if we can postpone the search for new technologies for a while, until we have discovered some satisfactory things to do with the extra time.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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