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Examples of shortage in a Sentence
there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
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Production has fallen short of expectations as the company works to stamp out manufacturing flaws and faces other industrywide problems such as supply and labor shortages.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
Early 2021: Shipping snarls and worker shortages from the coronavirus pandemic continue to hurt supply.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
And, the latest federal data shows, Barrow would need to add at least 13 full-time providers to no longer be considered a mental health workforce shortage area.
—Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam and Andy Miller, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
Does that mean that accepting interdependence would alleviate the worker shortage?
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
Early 2021: Shipping snarls and worker shortages from the coronavirus pandemic continue to hurt supply.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
And, the latest federal data shows, Barrow would need to add at least 13 full-time providers to no longer be considered a mental health workforce shortage area.
—Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam and Andy Miller, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
Does that mean that accepting interdependence would alleviate the worker shortage?
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for shortage
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“Shortage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortage. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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