as in deficiency
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a failure to get what is expected or needed
a shortfall in milk production profit shortfalls
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Recent Examples of shortfall
Finally, the president's team argued that tariff revenue is going to help make up some of the shortfall.
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ABC News, 6 July 2025
Voters narrowly passed a multimillion-dollar referendum in April 2024 to plug a shortfall because of rising operational costs.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025
The Vatican is running a structural deficit of around 50 million to 60 million euros ($59-71 million) and has a 1 billion euro ($1.18 billion) shortfall in its pension fund.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
In simple terms, that means less power for increasingly electricity-hungry tech and manufacturing sectors, and a growing population—meaning higher power bills for everyone, and possible shortfalls and brownouts.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 July 2025
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ABC News, 6 July 2025
Voters narrowly passed a multimillion-dollar referendum in April 2024 to plug a shortfall because of rising operational costs.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025
The Vatican is running a structural deficit of around 50 million to 60 million euros ($59-71 million) and has a 1 billion euro ($1.18 billion) shortfall in its pension fund.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
In simple terms, that means less power for increasingly electricity-hungry tech and manufacturing sectors, and a growing population—meaning higher power bills for everyone, and possible shortfalls and brownouts.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortfall
Noun
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This 2020 essay provides a deep dive into literacy deficiencies, fear, psychological reasoning, disproportionate weighting of information on the Internet, and other factors that perpetuate them.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Not only are the two parties unpopular in polling terms, but their struggle for power seems defined more by their deficiencies and limitations than by the breadth of their appeal.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
18 July 2025
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The city is now being encouraged to cut staff to reduce its deficit and overtime pay.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 July 2025
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The second quarter reporting season comes at a pivotal point for the stock market, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite trading at all-time highs this week even after an onslaught of bad news regarding higher tariffs, a ballooning fiscal deficit, softening growth and elevated geopolitical risk.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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“Shortfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortfall. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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