shortage
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For as long as we’ve been going to the movies, there’s been no shortage of revenge films.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Even with the recent drop, the stock is up more than sevenfold in the past 12 months amid an acute shortage of memory chips due to demand from artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
There’s a cost aspect to the memory-chip shortage as well, as prices have skyrocketed in the face of tight supply.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Last month, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also raised the possibility of delaying the closure of individual coal plants in the event of a supply shortage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
It had been built in the 1950s and was designed as a co-op, meant to ease a post-World War II housing shortage for black working-class families.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing shortage
World War I
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World War II
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