deficiencies
Example Sentences
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The agency rejected Regeneron’s application in October, citing unresolved inspection deficiencies and compliance issues at the Indiana plant.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
They disdain raw milk as dangerous and ask instead that we appreciate the role of pasteurization and fortified bread, to name two examples, in reducing nutritional deficiencies and food-borne illnesses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
He ticked through each, using derisive language to highlight what he viewed as their past failings and deficiencies.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
A separate 2019 report from agency’s inspector general found that about 20% of Medicare-certified hospice agencies had deficiencies severe enough to pose serious safety risks to patients, such as unmanaged pain or neglect.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
His punishment is the Word, and his deficiencies are failures of words—as when he grows impatient with translation and strikes out precariously on his own, telling parables in his wildly half-baked Kikongo.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
