Examples of shortage in a Sentence
there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
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The idea for Draft One came from staffing shortages that Axon’s police department clients were facing, Isner said.
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Companies are experimenting with deep-sea tech to produce cheaper fresh water
From Cape Town to Tehran to Lima to Phoenix, dozens of cities across the globe have experienced water shortages recently.
—Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2025
Federal officials are expected to project next year's water shortage on Aug. 15.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 11 Aug. 2025
That’s what many of us in the daily journalism trades used to call the periods, usually in late summer or near holidays, when news media put an unusually intense focus on lighthearted or frivolous stories because of a shortage of more serious news.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Companies are experimenting with deep-sea tech to produce cheaper fresh water
From Cape Town to Tehran to Lima to Phoenix, dozens of cities across the globe have experienced water shortages recently.
—Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2025
Federal officials are expected to project next year's water shortage on Aug. 15.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 11 Aug. 2025
That’s what many of us in the daily journalism trades used to call the periods, usually in late summer or near holidays, when news media put an unusually intense focus on lighthearted or frivolous stories because of a shortage of more serious news.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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