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The head of this year's jury, American actor-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, had questioned the dearth of women-directed films on the opening day, but she declined to discuss the issue further at a final press conference.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Despite coroners ordering post-mortems for 51% of deaths reported to them, a dearth of pathologists willing to work for coroners is leading to huge backlogs of up to a year.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

This dearth of fun places to gather is nothing new in America, online or otherwise.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Barrera posted a story that read, “Rest in peace sweet Hayden,” and Arquette expressed his love in the comments section of Variety’s post announcing Panettiere’s dearth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

“We have numerous sharpshooters, but rather a dearth of camera crews. Therefore, we’ve handpicked the eight of you to be what we call our ‘Star Squad.’

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Old timber towns with shuttered mills, flood-soaked cities and rural areas left off high-speed broadband networks suffered dearths of economic opportunity, even as Puget Sound’s largest cities flourished with explosive tech growth.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021

It can thus obtain food beyond the reach of the other Ungulata or hoofed animals inhabiting the same country; and this must be a great advantage to it during dearths.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

No doubt in this case and in all others, many checks concur, and different checks under different circumstances; periodical dearths, depending on unfavourable seasons, being probably the most important of all.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin

There appeared one of those dearths not unusual in Hindostan; the population of the famished province cried out for rice; the stores of which, diminished by nature, had for months mysteriously disappeared.

From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

There is no vermin in the land like him: he slanders both heaven and earth with pretended dearths when there is no cause of scarcity.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various