shortage
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But the class will not be on offer to S1 pupils next year because of a shortage of design technology teachers.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
There’s still a severe shortage that has allowed them to raise prices, boosting earnings.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
And at a press conference on the shortage of non-fossil fuels needed to decarbonise air travel, EU regulations on the minimum amounts of such fuels required in aircraft tanks came under fire.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
There’s no shortage of people with good ideas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Because of this, factories in the North and the Midwest suffered an immediate and extreme labor shortage.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing shortage
World War I
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