Examples of shortage in a Sentence
there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
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Its forecast for profit in the current quarter fell short of analysts' expectations as an industrywide shortage of memory pushes some handset makers to cut back on orders.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
For Minnesota, which grappled with an affordable child care shortage long before ICE entered the picture, child care has been at the center of the state’s fraud debate and a recent target of heightened immigration enforcement.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
As the people of 1990s Iraq struggle to survive war and food shortages, the president requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
The bill was passed to help address Texas’ housing shortage.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
For Minnesota, which grappled with an affordable child care shortage long before ICE entered the picture, child care has been at the center of the state’s fraud debate and a recent target of heightened immigration enforcement.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
As the people of 1990s Iraq struggle to survive war and food shortages, the president requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
The bill was passed to help address Texas’ housing shortage.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Shortage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortage. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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