shortage
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Shortage fears have Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk building a semiconductor fab to ensure enough chips for all the AI applications he is dreaming up.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
To address the physician shortage, Congress could also pass the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025, which would increase the number of Medicare-funded residency slots, particularly in rural and underserved regions.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026
Appeared in the January 17, 2026, print edition as 'The Global Memory-Chip Shortage Will Cost Us'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
Congress is currently deliberating on a proposed Drug Shortage Prevention Act that would authorize the FDA to require manufacturers to report anticipated shortages ahead of time.
From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2023
As I went away I saw a new and strange beauty in the problem of Food Shortage.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917 by Various
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