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
While the city isn’t yet facing a major budget shortfall, its reserve funds have quickly dwindled over the last two years.
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
The administration is predicting a nearly $400 million shortfall next year for the county’s $3.6 billion general fund budget that pays for the core services of police, jails, transit and parks and relies on property taxes for the bulk of its revenue.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
The Vatican faces an €83 million ($93.4 million) budget shortfall, according to Reuters, and a pension fund with up to €2 billion in liabilities, the Wall Street Journal reported.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Budget deadline Minnesota lawmakers only have until next Monday to pass a two-year budget that will provide tens of billions of dollars in government funding and prepare the state to tackle a $6 billion shortfall expected later this decade.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 12 May 2025
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
The administration is predicting a nearly $400 million shortfall next year for the county’s $3.6 billion general fund budget that pays for the core services of police, jails, transit and parks and relies on property taxes for the bulk of its revenue.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
The Vatican faces an €83 million ($93.4 million) budget shortfall, according to Reuters, and a pension fund with up to €2 billion in liabilities, the Wall Street Journal reported.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Budget deadline Minnesota lawmakers only have until next Monday to pass a two-year budget that will provide tens of billions of dollars in government funding and prepare the state to tackle a $6 billion shortfall expected later this decade.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortfall
Noun
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These common attacks are caused by security deficiencies, including Active Directory misconfigurations, weak password policies, permissive access rules and weak authentication mechanisms.—
Reuven Aronashvili,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Due to the amount of sodium in the standard American diet, sodium deficiencies are quite rare.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
7 May 2025
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The Celtics will have to make the NBA’s 14th comeback from a 3-1 deficit to extend their title reign and may have to do it without All-Star Jayson Tatum, who was carried off the court with a right leg injury with 2:58 left.—
Brian Mahoney,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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But Providence, which had rallied from 2-1 deficits for back-to-back 3-2 victories in the first two games in Charlotte, scored twice in the next 12 1/2 minutes, the last on a power play.—
Richard Walker,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2025
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“Shortfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortfall. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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