Examples of shortage in a Sentence
there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
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At least five controllers took 45 days of trauma leave after the incident, leading to a staffing shortage that canceled and delayed more than a thousand flights.
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Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
The Philadelphia air traffic control facility that handles flights at Newark is also experiencing a staffing shortage.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 May 2025
In their open letter this spring, former weather service directors warned that severe staffing shortages at local weather service offices could lead to less accurate and detailed forecasts this summer.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 May 2025
By the weather service union's count, about 52 of 122 weather forecast offices have staffing shortages above 20%.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 May 2025
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Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
The Philadelphia air traffic control facility that handles flights at Newark is also experiencing a staffing shortage.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 May 2025
In their open letter this spring, former weather service directors warned that severe staffing shortages at local weather service offices could lead to less accurate and detailed forecasts this summer.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 May 2025
By the weather service union's count, about 52 of 122 weather forecast offices have staffing shortages above 20%.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 May 2025
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“Shortage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortage. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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