run short
phrase
: to become insufficient
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This is a government and its two national champions agreeing to spend a decade and the better part of $600 billion to make more of the one thing the AI economy keeps running short of.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Medicare is prohibited by law from covering weight-loss drugs, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is allowed to run short-term demonstration projects to test new payment and coverage models.
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Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Medicare is prohibited by law from covering weight-loss drugs, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is allowed to run short-term demonstration projects to test new payment and coverage models.
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Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
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“Run short.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20short. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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