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Noun
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Money was counted daily, spoken of incessantly, felt in its paucity like a ghost in each room.—
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24 Apr. 2026 -
But there is a major paucity of urologists in the United States, with about four urologists for every 100,000 Americans, according to the American Urological Association’s 2024 census.—
Denise Asafu-Adjei,
STAT,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Common vitamin D deficiency symptoms include fatigue, muscle weakness, bone pain, frequent illness and low mood.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Correcting a deficiency is one of the lowest-effort, highest-return moves in everyday health optimization — and the research behind it keeps getting more compelling.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Skepticism about Shakespeare having actually written the plays attributed to him has persisted for more than a century, originated by lack of documentation and inadequacies in the historical record and perpetuated by cultural fascination.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Lamont administration invited to the signing ceremony Hammersley and others who have been critical of Connecticut’s longstanding inadequacies in education funding, which have been the subject of litigation over decades, as well as the current governor’s fiscal moderation.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
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The scarcity and rising cost of natural gas doesn’t worry me much, because most of my energy comes from the solar panels on my roof.—
Tom Caffery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Like, somebody that has lived with scarcity.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Often times there are provisions in a divorce agreement about insufficiency of life insurance including a claim against his estate.—
Wendy Hickey,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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But there’s another common culprit that most women don’t think about—vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
24 Apr. 2026
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That tax credit steered tax dollars collected above the revenue cap set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights to low-income families — and in its first year, the program was credited with cutting childhood poverty in the state by more than a third.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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The reality is that our criminal justice system enables crime, repeat offenders, and the never-ending cycle of poverty and crime.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Right now, there’s no shortage of competition.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The shortage is particularly acute in the Philippines, which has declared a national state of energy emergency and risks running out of fuel.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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San Antonio won Game 3 on the road in Wembanyama’s absence, came back from a 19-point deficit in Game 4 and cruised in Game 5.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
2 May 2026
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Budget-conscious and leisure travelers would likely feel Spirit’s absence the most, especially in places where the airline has a big footprint such as Las Vegas and the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale and Orlando.—
Aamer Madhani,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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“Meagerness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meagerness. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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