as in deficiencies
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a failure to get what is expected or needed
a shortfall in milk production profit shortfalls
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This process has the potential to reduce emissions, save energy and lower costs compared with other options and addresses the many shortfalls of other advanced recycling approaches.
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Scott Purnell, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2024
With 2025 budget deliberations approaching, officials were projecting massive shortfalls, and Macron’s ability to buy his way out of a tight spot was clearly constrained.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
However, the concerns of the fiscal sustainability of the Blueprint have only grown stronger with looming budget shortfalls.
—Abby Beytin, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
That’s more than double the 3% limit imposed by EU rules and one of the largest budget shortfalls among countries that use the euro.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Emanuel and Klein discussed the Democratic Party’s shortfalls in the recent election.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
But owing to funding shortfalls in Kyiv, the brigade lacks drones and anti-drone radio jammers, according to Butusov.
—David Axe, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The aid shortfalls have stripped markets of goods and customers.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
Ryvyl plans to address liquidity shortfalls in its North America segment through cost control measures, sale of non-core assets, and repatriation of offshore profits.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Scott Purnell, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2024
With 2025 budget deliberations approaching, officials were projecting massive shortfalls, and Macron’s ability to buy his way out of a tight spot was clearly constrained.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
However, the concerns of the fiscal sustainability of the Blueprint have only grown stronger with looming budget shortfalls.
—Abby Beytin, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
That’s more than double the 3% limit imposed by EU rules and one of the largest budget shortfalls among countries that use the euro.
—Lauren Kent, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Emanuel and Klein discussed the Democratic Party’s shortfalls in the recent election.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
But owing to funding shortfalls in Kyiv, the brigade lacks drones and anti-drone radio jammers, according to Butusov.
—David Axe, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The aid shortfalls have stripped markets of goods and customers.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
Ryvyl plans to address liquidity shortfalls in its North America segment through cost control measures, sale of non-core assets, and repatriation of offshore profits.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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