dearth

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She now leads the endometriosis service for the Northern Care Alliance and said there was a "dearth of training" and therefore problem "identifying and diagnosing" the disease.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The oil dearth also threatens to deal a fatal blow to tourism, the island's second source of foreign income after doctors.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

A dearth of reliable data makes it hard to test theories or to reach definitive conclusions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Given the dearth of savings I mentioned earlier in this column, this one thing could be a game-changer.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

The rock, exhibiting a dearth of holds and coated with six inches of crumbly rime, did not look promising, but just left of the main prow was a shallow comer glazed with frozen meltwater.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer