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verb as in please, content

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amuse, appease, assuage, delight, elate, entertain, fascinate, flatter, gratify, mollify, placate

Strong matches

animate, befriend, captivate, capture, cheer, cloy, comfort, conciliate, enliven, enthrall, exhilarate, fill, gladden, glut, gorge, humor, indulge, pacify, propitiate, quench, rejoice, sate, satiate, score, sell, slake, suit, surfeit

verb as in answer, persuade

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avail, complete, equip, fill, fulfill, furnish, induce, inveigle, observe, perform, qualify, quiet, score, sell, serve, suffice

Weak matches

be adequate, be enough, be sufficient, come up to, conform to, dispel doubt, get by, keep promise, make good, make the grade, pass muster, put mind at ease, serve the purpose, tide over, win over

verb as in pay, compensate

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answer, atone, disburse, discharge, indemnify, liquidate, quit, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite, settle, square

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"We need an international education system that has managed growth built in… it’s not for the minister to unilaterally decide on caps based on some formula which satisfies a political end."

The results further revealed that nearly 90% of the patients were satisfied with the telemedicine experience, with one-fifth reporting that they preferred this method of exam over an in-person appointment with a specialist.

A proven winner and a man capable of capturing global interest, Mourinho would satisfy both commercial and sporting needs.

The government's independent advisory body has looked at all the evidence and is satisfied that fortification is the right course of action for society as a whole.

It would require two independent doctors - and a judge - to verify whether the person satisfies the criteria to take their own life.