Examples of shortage in a Sentence
there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
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The group said in a filing with the PUC that Xcel Energy is facing a capacity shortage.
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Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
Program directors cited barriers including child care instability, prerequisite demands, financial hardship and a shortage of clinical training placements.
—Cathie Anderson
updated December 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
The advisory also notes shortages of gasoline, electricity, water, medicine and medical supplies in the Boliviarian socialist country.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
An ensuing grain shortage threatened to spark a famine or civil unrest, so Italian city-states, such as Venice and Genoa, resorted to emergency imports from the Black Sea region, which helped keep the population fed.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
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Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
Program directors cited barriers including child care instability, prerequisite demands, financial hardship and a shortage of clinical training placements.
—Cathie Anderson
updated December 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
The advisory also notes shortages of gasoline, electricity, water, medicine and medical supplies in the Boliviarian socialist country.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
An ensuing grain shortage threatened to spark a famine or civil unrest, so Italian city-states, such as Venice and Genoa, resorted to emergency imports from the Black Sea region, which helped keep the population fed.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Shortage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortage. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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