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shortages

noun

plural of shortage

as in lacks

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year

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Recent Examples of shortages Musk has repeatedly treated the sports car as a lower priority than Tesla’s other projects, while also blaming supply chain shortages for earlier delays. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 Attacks on oil refineries have led to widespread fuel shortages, while strikes on warehouses operated by Russia’s largest online retailers, Wildberries and Ozon, have caused chaos for micro-entrepreneurs who rely on their networks. — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 The state prison system experiences chronic staffing shortages of corrections officers, nurses and physicians. — Jaquelyn Jahn, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 Contributing factors also include land clearance using fire in the Indonesian part of Borneo and regions of Sumatra Island, as well as water shortages that have hampered Indonesian firefighters, who have received assistance from Japan. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Staffing shortages, teacher retention, class sizes, special education issues and improving communication with families are critical issues for Maldonado. — Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 The aircraft carrier spent more than 260 consecutive days at sea without a port call, with reports of supply shortages, broken plumbing and eight suicide attempts among its crew. — Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Yet teachers and students continue to complain about basic shortages. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 In October 2025, an attack on Asahi Group Holdings caused most of the company’s 30 domestic factories to shut down, leading to shortages of the popular Asahi Super Dry beer. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Tasked with shepherding his major stars through bombastic performances, Fern’s directing lacks focus.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
While Verse and Alex Wright will man the edges and Denzel Ward remains an elite anchor in the secondary, the front seven lacks proven game-disrupting star power, leaving the defense reliant on scheme and discipline to hold up.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of lacks

Noun

While it was designed to bring nationwide uniformity and stability to college athletics, its deficiencies are manifold.

— Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Commissioner John King's office previously said the March inspection found no violations, deficiencies or red tags.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of deficiencies

Noun

Those deficits, at 2-0 and 3-1, lasted for a collective nine minutes before Sporting responded.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
Primary deficits in the largest economies remain substantially larger than before the pandemic, and governments face higher real interest rates and shorter debt maturities as defense spending pressures mount.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of deficits

Noun

In his veto message Newsom, like the California Chamber of Commerce, cited the pressing need to address water scarcities driven by climate change.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Blake Miller, a firefighter from Scottsdale who was deployed to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest over the summer, said his crews faced resource scarcities battling large Oregon infernos.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

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