scarcity

"People love the rarity and scarcity of stuff, like Pokémon cards, and there's rare birds out there that you can see and hear right now."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The scarcity of extreme first-day pops on IPOs encourages Lamont that speculative euphoria may be absent at present.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Drought is a lack of precipitation, whereas water scarcity is about a mismatch between water supply and demand - so it is not just about the weather.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

But the challenge for the economy could be just the opposite: A sharp slowing in the number of people entering the workforce that leads to an unprecedented era of labor scarcity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

I always offer The Abbot an apple but he won’t eat it because of the scarcity of teeth in his head.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Most scarcities involve older medications in which there is little financial incentive to manufacture the drugs.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

"Relatedly, understanding how plants regulate signaling and immune responses in the face of environmental scarcities, like iron deficiencies, will be crucial as scientists optimize plant health in our continually changing climate."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024

Given the U.S. government’s reactive approach to drug shortages, extra clarity on what is driving the scarcities would help.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023

Acuna said products that are imported, face scarcities, or are seasonal see the highest increases.

From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023

“No, and the good year will break the price of beef. I wonder what Will would do. He’s scarcity man. He told me. He said, ‘Always deal in scarcities.’

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck