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• Many were forced to flee Russia at short notice, leaving behind possessions and a sense of purpose provided by their work.
  — Tomas Dapkus, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
• The past two elections have been postponed at short notice and there are fears this one will suffer the same fate.
  — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
• Staffing shortages had required crew members to be on call seven days a week, ready to report to work at short notice.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Oct. 2022
• William was due to give a reading at the memorial service for the late King Constantine of Greece on Feb. 27 but canceled at short notice.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• Don't allow this guy at short notice to catch you off guard and give you anything unexpected.
  — Frederick Daso, Forbes, 6 July 2021
• Coal’s advantage is that power plants can switch from natural gas to the fuel at short notice.
  — Rhiannon Hoyle and Joe Wallace, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
• Restaurant and hotel workers, who can’t work from home, have been scarred by unexpected changes in lockdown rules that have pulled them in and out of work at short notice.
  — New York Times, 11 June 2021
• With Samsung now having to ride to the rescue (and at short notice), expect Apple to be paying a pretty price for its assistance.
  — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• Residents still face the daily risk of being confined to their apartments or housing compounds for days or weeks at short notice.
  — Bloomberg News, Bloomberg.com, 14 Aug. 2022
• So there are specialist firms that allow corporations to gain access to large amounts of Bitcoin at short notice to be able to make those payments.
  — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2021
• Sanya is back on again after a cancelation earlier this month at short notice.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Dec. 2022
• Although crypto mines are unique in their ability to switch off at short notice (unlike a factory, which may take hours to shut down), Shelley says the case for placing the extra strain on the grid in the first place is full of holes.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
• Experienced pilots have a specialized skill set that requires years to develop and is hard to find at short notice.
  — Maria Aspan, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023
• The hotel had been requisitioned at short notice and there was a banner advertising last-minute wedding deals.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2021
• If a conductor or engineer calls in ill at short notice, the company has to find a backup to replace the absentee, and this can be costly or difficult.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
• Schools scrambled to upload curriculums online at short notice.
  — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2021
• Just a week ago, players were informed that the tickets will be reduced to two tickets per player, which caused families who planned on attending to purchase tickets to the North Carolina game at short notice.
  — Gerald Thomas Iii, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022
• Covid-19 lockdowns and port blockages have buffeted global supply chains this year, and Lego plugged gaps by hiring new raw-material supplies at short notice, Mr. Christiansen said.
  — Trefor Moss, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021
• Amid news of promising vaccine trials, the government is also preparing for a widespread rollout and plans to get immunization centers ready to operate at short notice.
  — Naomi Kresge, Bloomberg.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• In Australia, state governments have snapped their borders shut at short notice in response to outbreaks in neighboring regions, splitting families and stranding travelers en route.
  — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2021
• The facility should be able disburse up to $100 billion at short notice to help countries once a pandemic is declared, Dybul says; that gives them an incentive to notify others early on of a pandemic threat instead of hiding it.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 12 May 2021
• The policy led municipal and provincial governments to lock down entire cities at short notice, to mount onerous mass testing operations and to enforce travel and access restrictions.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 Dec. 2022
• While national restrictions have eased, India has instituted local lockdowns, often at short notice, as cases increase.
  — Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2020
• Existing methods of generating electricity at short notice, mainly by burning fossil fuels like natural gas, have so far managed to smooth out the intermittent supplies from renewables, but not for much longer.
  — NBC News, 6 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024