dearth
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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 • Mar. 23, 2026
A dearth of reliable data makes it hard to test theories or to reach definitive conclusions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
The dearth of public transport is another nail in the coffin of the sputtering economy.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
Given the dearth of savings I mentioned earlier in this column, this one thing could be a game-changer.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 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
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