How to Use in short supply in a Sentence

in short supply

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  • Beds are in short supply as well.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But that funding is in short supply.
    Calmatters, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That’s the price of workplaces where trust is in short supply.
    Daisy Auger-Domínguez, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
  • Challenges, of course, weren’t in short supply.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • That may be preferable when time and money are in short supply.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Housing is in short supply for renters and buyers alike in the metro area.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The team still lack pace and dynamism, and goals have also been in short supply.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Readers, as noted, don’t seem to be in short supply.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Opponents have found space and chances in short supply.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Truth-telling requires courage, which now seems in short supply among our leaders.
    Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 23 July 2025
  • Empty shelves were few and far between, but most stores had at least some items in short supply.
    Neil Strebig, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 22 Jan. 2026
  • However, trust may be in short supply.
    IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The workers who care for aging adults are already in short supply.
    Daniel Gonzalez, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Two of the drugs in short supply are carboplatin and cisplatin.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • Anesthesia has been in short supply for about two weeks, doctors say.
    Abu Bakr Bashir, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • That list is flexible — and long — while funds are always in short supply.
    Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
  • On a recent early fall morning, hope was in short supply.
    Sarah Stella, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Sadly, both adoptive homes and foster homes are in short supply.
    John B. Bowman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Sriracha is in short supply these days — and that spicy crisis is linked to the climate crisis.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
  • Those tankers are in short supply and expensive to charter.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Those tankers are in short supply and expensive to charter.
    Will Kubzansky, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Now with the sauce in short supply, those lucky enough to have their hands on the product are hoping for a cash boon.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • Your attention is in short supply.
    Usa Today, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Rainfall is needed to recharge the aquifer and improve spring flow, but that’s been in short supply.
    Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Apologies are in short supply in politics these days.
    NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Gen Zers could pay off their dues by landing high-paying jobs, but those are in short supply.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Gazans were able to go out to stock up on essentials, though long lines remained and goods were in short supply.
    Jeremy White, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The survey results come at a time when primary care providers are in short supply.
    Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • But one of the best things about Towa Bird is that for her, verve is never in short supply.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2024
  • No matter the size of your bathroom, storage always seems to be in short supply.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025

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