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dearth

[durth] / dɜrθ /


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Yet there’s still a dearth of accurate information about the damage already done to the energy infrastructure of the Middle East, as well as what safety measures may take hold going forward, Gordon noted.

From MarketWatch

She now leads the endometriosis service for the Northern Care Alliance and said there was a "dearth of training" and therefore problem "identifying and diagnosing" the disease.

From BBC

Today the nations such as China that embraced population control most wholeheartedly are now worried about a birth dearth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Finding their conversations therapeutic—and perceiving a dearth of literature on mistakes—they have written “From Mistakes to Meaning.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Didn’t happen, of course, and today we are more concerned about a birth dearth instead.

From Barron's