shortfall
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A weak year for USC’s health system deepened the shortfall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
But that would do little to erase the shortfall accumulated this year: without a sustained recovery in Middle Eastern product exports, further demand cuts might be needed to rebalance the market, the IEA said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
And they reckon the program could cut its shortfall by 40% by limiting COLAs to the dollar amount received by those at the 30th percentile.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Attention at the Yerevan summit is expected to focus on how the private sector can make up the shortfall.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
This latest shortfall would involve more cuts in the arts.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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As Metrolink faces budget shortfalls and service reductions, the regional commuter rail network is raising its ticket prices on Monday for the first time in 13 years by as much as 27%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Meanwhile the U.S. is trying to shore up munitions shortfalls and rebuild the Navy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Like culinary dishes, market crashes require specific ingredients: overstretched valuations, high debt levels and cash shortfalls, high volatility, rising capital costs, contagion vectors and poor shock absorbers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
It did, however, note the inventory shortfalls and reveal "industrial base bottlenecks" for munitions resupply.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The unemployment caused home foreclosures, leading to shortfalls in property tax receipts, and therefore holes in the school budget.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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