in short supply

idiom

: available in amounts that are less than needed
Gasoline is in short supply.

Examples of in short supply in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That means even fewer affordable rentals and potentially higher prices for everyone because available units are in short supply. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024 Other arms, like the 155-millimeter artillery rounds that Ukraine desperately needs, are in short supply worldwide. Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 3 May 2024 Generic injectables account for 67% of shortages, and more than half of drugs in short supply cost less than $1 per unit, according to the Finance Committee. advertisement Hospitals band together to negotiate drug prices by hiring group purchasing organizations. John Wilkerson, STAT, 3 May 2024 At $8,000 per shell—which are in short supply and high demand—that is an expensive proposition. Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024 Both basic and life-saving drugs are in short supply, from oxytocin and chemotherapy medications to prescriptions for to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024 But estrogen alone can’t address every menopause symptom, in part because estrogen is not the only hormone that’s in short supply during menopause; testosterone is too. Rachel E. Gross, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024 The Drug Enforcement Administration said last fall that more than a dozen manufacturers planned to hike production of the drug, which has been in short supply since October 2022, but the problem persists, the pharmacist group found. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024 Unresolved shortages have, in fact, been hovering above 300 for more than a year as numerous basic and life-saving medicines are in short supply. Ed Silverman, STAT, 11 Apr. 2024

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“In short supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20short%20supply. Accessed 10 May. 2024.

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