Examples of shortage in a Sentence
there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
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But because of the area’s shortage of medical specialists, the New Mexico Human Services Department requested a waiver on his behalf that permitted him to resume practice and continue treating cancer patients as the only oncologist in all of Luna County, a remote rural region.
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Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
The blockade has led to an acute oil shortage in the country that was already facing economic collapse amid an energy crisis that was already plunging the country into daily prolonged blackouts.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Staff shortages and equipment breakdowns are just some examples.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
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Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
The blockade has led to an acute oil shortage in the country that was already facing economic collapse amid an energy crisis that was already plunging the country into daily prolonged blackouts.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Staff shortages and equipment breakdowns are just some examples.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
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 2 Mar. 2026.
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