Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insufficiences
Noun
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Additionally, 84% of executives believe AI will significantly enhance their ability to respond rapidly to market trends, disruptions, and evolving customer needs.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Their hybrid advisory model takes the best of tradition and marries it to innovation, ensuring that strategies grow alongside families’ needs.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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But those who’ve watched the Blackhawks on a nightly basis know Spencer Knight has been masking some familiar defensive deficiencies.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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This year, head coach Ime Udoka has even used him to initiate offense, thanks in part to some of Sheppard's deficiencies and one critical absence.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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So Vegas has to hope that their forward depth is strong enough to balance out where their star power lacks, relative to other contenders.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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This absence — of God, of love, of plain community spirit — is a metaphor for the whole parish, where everyone is defined by their own lacks and deficiencies, the weaknesses that cause Wicks to despise them and vow to bring down them all.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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His own composer as usual, Amenabar here tends to underline the film’s shortcomings, rather than elevate its idiosyncrasies with an original score that’s too conventional by half.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The announcement comes after a USA TODAY report earlier this month that detailed the shortcomings of the platform’s existing safety features, along with data that showed the prevalence of teens using AI companions.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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The 2024 three-part docuseries American Nightmare dives headfirst into several thought-provoking issues, like victim blaming and the glaring inadequacies in the criminal justice system.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The clapping served as an audible reminder of the Aztecs’ offensive inadequacies, and players visibly tightened as the clanked shots and errant passes mounted.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The north’s deficits are growing, albeit from a lower base, while the south’s are shrinking.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The question has extra resonance at a time when local deficits and federal cuts are forcing leaders to make tough choices about which programs stay afloat.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Health care costs are on the rise, and that’s especially been the case for the care economy, where providers are facing funding shortfalls (that have been exacerbated by new budget cuts).—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tennessee has amassed more than $2 billion in a rainy day fund, designed to be used to accommodate unexpected shortfalls in state revenues, and amid emergencies such as natural disasters and recessions.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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Sourced from a military memorabilia trader in Dallas, Texas, the helmet was flattened in a press, rather than with a hammer, to preserve its original markings and imperfections.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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There’s imperfections there that create the balance, gives it character.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Insufficiences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insufficiences. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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