deficiency

Example Sentences

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In many states the lender can still obtain a “deficiency judgment” against both borrower and cosigner after they sell the car at auction.

From MarketWatch

"The challenge has been to devise a more benign pre-treatment process, diminishing risk to the point that patients suffering from an autoimmune deficiency that may not be immediately life-threatening would feel comfortable undergoing the treatment."

From Science Daily

It’s a critical time for agency leaders, who are facing a Friday deadline to show federal overseers progress in combating deficiencies identified in a scathing HUD audit last year.

From Washington Post

“We need to think about automatic mechanisms that when a finding of deficiency is made… kick in.”

From Washington Times

This rise in advertising has contributed to a growing global obesity crisis as well as nutrition deficiencies as more and more people opt to eat unhealthy food.

From Salon