shortfall

Example Sentences

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“That shortfall of emergency public information that was the real issue here,” Botterell said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The projected shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund for the same period would be $241 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

But those buffers have been reduced, he said, and may soon lose their ability to cushion the market from the full impact of the supply shortfall.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The federal government is projected to post a budget shortfall of about $2 trillion in the current fiscal year ending in September, compared with $1.8 trillion a year earlier.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

In five weeks, on November 29, the index of subprime mortgage bonds, called the ABX, would post its first interest-rate shortfall.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis