scarcity
Example Sentences
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The toy’s sudden popularity created scarcity, driving up prices on resale sites and leading to copycat products.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
"Humans evolved to seek out and store energy-dense fats and sugars to survive periods of scarcity, leading us to crave high-calorie junk food," he added.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
"You have a scarcity of circumbinary planets in general and you have an absolute desert around binaries with orbital periods of seven days or less," Farhat said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
State salaries — often the equivalent of $15 to $30 a month — have been completely overtaken by soaring food prices driven by scarcity and inflation.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
Considering the number of such devices that are in use, and the scarcity of warnings such as this, do we need to wonder why our public waters are contaminated?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing scarcity
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