Examples of shortage in a Sentence
there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
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Spain, to cite but one example, has a housing shortage and is currently considering levying a 100% tax on foreign buyers of real estate.
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William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
California already faces some of the highest housing costs in the country and a shortage of construction workers.
—Umair Irfan, Wired News, 19 July 2025
Koizumi’s mandate: ease a domestic rice shortage that had sent prices soaring.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 18 July 2025
The construction industry has a shortage of nearly 500,000 workers, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors, a trade group.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
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William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
California already faces some of the highest housing costs in the country and a shortage of construction workers.
—Umair Irfan, Wired News, 19 July 2025
Koizumi’s mandate: ease a domestic rice shortage that had sent prices soaring.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 18 July 2025
The construction industry has a shortage of nearly 500,000 workers, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors, a trade group.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
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 22 Jul. 2025.
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