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shortage

[shawr-tij] / ˈʃɔr tɪdʒ /


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The researchers also identified a surprising shortage of very small TNOs compared with predictions from some existing planet formation models.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Plus, Anthropic’s mind-boggling $40 trillion market opportunity, we tried Apple’s first touch-screen MacBook, Silicon Valley takes on the Pentagon’s explosives shortage and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Cancer patients have warned delays in scans could be the difference between life and death as Wales faces a shortage of radiologists.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Jeers to the shortage of airport wheelchair attendants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Because of this, factories in the North and the Midwest suffered an immediate and extreme labor shortage.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

The AI boom has created shortages and rising prices for several critical products.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

This depends on a mix of "pipeline imports, storage facilities, LNG imports, infrastructure and demand," a spokeswoman told AFP, adding that the agency considered the risks of shortages to be low.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Betsi Cadwaladr health board, which covers one of the areas most affected by shortages, said recruitment was ongoing and, despite a substantial increase in demand for scans, reporting times had improved.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Electric bikes can dramatically reduce operating costs for high-mileage riders, it said, although expansion was constrained by the same foreign-exchange shortages affecting the wider economy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The worms never get satisfied, regardless of how much food you give them,” she said when Romanians complained about the food shortages brought on by her husband’s mismanagement.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt


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