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Brazil’s index is dominated by commodity plays and major banks with a relative dearth of technology exposure.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The dearth of new models is a direct hangover from the industry’s shift to electric vehicles and its abrupt pullback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

In terms of new software, the Japanese gaming giant has now "shown everything that they have" for this calendar year, with a dearth of big original titles, Toto told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The government has put the dearth of milk in recent months down to drought, which has significantly reduced pasture and hampered production.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

It offered a set of bona fide heroes rather than simply a dearth of villains.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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

Both countries, accordingly, though subject occasionally to dearths, have been famous for their great fertility.

From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

In attempting his salvation, by proffering advice to the "broken-hearted," he respectfully but firmly-131- declined; deliberately preferring old-bachelorship, with all its dearths, of which he seemed fully conscious.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Maud C. Cooke

But behold, he stands at the door & knocks, by treasons, by plagues, by the hammer of dearths, discontents, fires, inundations, especially by the word; his locks are wet with waiting.

From A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich by Samuel Ward