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shortfall

[shawrt-fawl] / ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl /


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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

U.S. refineries have boosted their diesel exports but are running at capacity and unable to make up for more of the global shortfall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Where costs rise above the ceiling, refiners and importers will carry the shortfall and recover it later when crude prices or exchange rates allow without breaching the ceiling," he said,

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Most were ready to handle the revenue shortfall by increasing fees, assessments and utility taxes, according to the note.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

This latest shortfall would involve more cuts in the arts.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

"The munitions expenditure on OEF has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply," the report said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

But the independent watchdog said the US spent more than $22 billion on munitions from February through June, leading to "strategic inventory shortfalls".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Postal Service for years has endured one headache after another, from declining mail volume and financial shortfalls to uneven leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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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