cope adequately
Frequency: 6.05.5 per million words
To handle a situation to a satisfactory but not necessarily excellent standard.
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- Will the prison system cope adequately with the increasing numbers of prisoners?
- He managed to cope adequately with his new responsibilities, though he found them challenging.
- The small town's infrastructure could not cope adequately with the sudden population boom.
- She felt she was only coping adequately as a single parent, constantly worried about the future.
- The emergency services were stretched but still coped adequately during the crisis.
- Our IT systems must be upgraded to cope adequately with future demand.
- For months, he had coped adequately with the grief, but the holidays were especially difficult.
- The company is just coping adequately in the current economic climate; it's not making a large profit.
- To be promoted, you need to do more than just cope adequately with your tasks.
- The report concluded that the school was coping adequately despite budget cuts.