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shortfall

[shawrt-fawl] / ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl /


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The senators calculate that this would cover about 75% of the Social Security’s projected funding shortfall over the next 75 years.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Those volumes represented a drop in the bucket compared with the global supply shortfall, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

It is at risk of a shortfall in funding, not annihilation.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Her boss, Chief Executive Jennifer Welsh, explained the projected £800m shortfall in Northern Ireland's health budget meant all trusts had been instructed to find savings that "could be delivered without causing harm to service users".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

After twenty-four hours of tireless work, Anthony went to the university trustees and presented $8,000 in pledges to make up the shortfall.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Without congressional action, those shortfalls would mean reductions in benefits.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

But as the state faces massive cuts in federal Medicaid funding, rising healthcare costs and budget shortfalls, it has begun to roll back that commitment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The revenue shortfalls in Silicon Valley have stoked a wider concern about the sustainability of the massive debt piles accrued to chase the AI-infrastructure building boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Experts say capacity shortfalls during busy times, housing developments and planning regulations are partly to blame, with rules varying across London's 33 councils - creating more challenges for network providers.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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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