shortage
Example Sentences
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Like other Christmas markets across Europe there are no shortages of the usual seasonal staples, such as sausages and mulled wine.
From BBC
A shortage of epidural kits in the UK is expected to last until at least March, the government's medicines regulator has warned.
From BBC
“There is a huge material shortage in Cuba,” Diaz-Canel, the president, said in his speech.
These areas suffer from health care professional shortages.
From Los Angeles Times
The national airspace system faces a shortage of about 3,800 controllers, according to a spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
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