shortfall
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It has recovered tens of millions of pounds, but still faces an estimated shortfall of £16.8m.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Donovan said the type of funding Airbnb is providing can have an outsize impact by unlocking significantly more funding for housing projects, but addressing the housing shortfall nationwide will take tens of billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
But the staging makes up for the dramatic shortfall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Hinze says there is potential for a shortfall by the 2030s, “with increasing needs for large amounts of new uranium mine development over the coming decade and beyond.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
"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
WSJ: What other steps are you taking to mitigate water shortfalls?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“For years, wildfire survivors have been forced to wait for answers while restitution shortfalls remain unresolved,” Patterson said in a statement after the bill passed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
"This identified shortfalls in fire measures which were reported to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Consort and other stakeholders," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It said that Governor Thomas Corbett had proposed that the state’s institutions of higher learning should consider closing their budget shortfalls by drilling for natural gas on their campuses.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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