in short
Example Sentences
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Crucial electrical equipment is also in short supply.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
After taking a job at the Conference Board, a business research organization, he rummaged through libraries to unearth measures of railcar freight loading and trends in short staple cotton prices since the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Top math experts are in short supply and their working hours are limited.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
Dunk and Egg’s odd couple adventures provide six too-brief episodes of respite and hope at a time when both are in short supply.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026
In the savannahs and forests they inhabited, high-calorie sweets were extremely rare and food in general was in short supply.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
