as in deficiency
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a failure to get what is expected or needed
a shortfall in milk production profit shortfalls
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Recent Examples of shortfall
Supply shortfalls also pushed robusta futures in London up more than 40% over the past year.
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Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The state’s current financial picture is less rosy — with a $456 million surplus for 2026-27 and a shortfall of $6 billion for the following two years.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
The company highlighted a liquidity shortfall in its North America segment, with plans to address this through business development, cost control measures, and potential capital raising.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
That program was already facing a shortfall, and now the Trump administration is dismantling the Department of Education and its Office of Federal Student Aid.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
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Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The state’s current financial picture is less rosy — with a $456 million surplus for 2026-27 and a shortfall of $6 billion for the following two years.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
The company highlighted a liquidity shortfall in its North America segment, with plans to address this through business development, cost control measures, and potential capital raising.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
That program was already facing a shortfall, and now the Trump administration is dismantling the Department of Education and its Office of Federal Student Aid.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Shortfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortfall. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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