Examples of shortage in a Sentence
there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
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Preparing to vote The Independence School Board voted in 2022 to implement the four-day school week for the 2023-2024 school year, citing teacher shortages.
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Ilana Arougheti
updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Strong expectations for earnings from key players such as Samsung and SK Hynix have lifted investor sentiment, fueled further by projections of a supercycle driven by global supply shortages in memory chips.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Trump’s tariffs have backfired in numerous ways, including by angering US farmers – a key voting bloc – and creating a rare-earth shortage.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Despite no electricity, shortages of supplies, and frequently coming under heavy shelling, medical staff kept going.
—NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti
updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Strong expectations for earnings from key players such as Samsung and SK Hynix have lifted investor sentiment, fueled further by projections of a supercycle driven by global supply shortages in memory chips.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Trump’s tariffs have backfired in numerous ways, including by angering US farmers – a key voting bloc – and creating a rare-earth shortage.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Despite no electricity, shortages of supplies, and frequently coming under heavy shelling, medical staff kept going.
—NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shortage
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“Shortage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortage. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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