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adequately

[ad-i-kwit-lee] / ˈæd ɪ kwɪt li /


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So much of what ails higher education in the U.S. is rooted in a broken K-12 system that fails to prepare college-bound students adequately.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Markets have no way to adequately price the full impact of the crisis “since its extent and duration are unknowable,” analysts at Piper Sandler said in a recent note.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

"The department was not satisfied that the potential impacts and risks of the project could be adequately assessed or managed," he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

That ground seems adequately covered in popular culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

He subsequently published the story after deciding that Jefferson had failed to pay him adequately for his hatchet job on Adams.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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