insufficiency
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The researchers found that vitamin D insufficiency was common in both groups studied.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
While they identified a relationship between food insufficiency and sports gambling, they noted that direct causation for such a large issue is difficult to establish.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Even the White House communications staff has tacitly admitted that something is going on, though all they will say is Trump has chronic venous insufficiency, a conveniently benign condition.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
He went to Walter Reed three times last year, including a trip to address the swelling of his lower legs, which his doctor diagnosed as chronic venous insufficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
I'd filed a lengthy brief that documented the insufficiency of the evidence and raised every legal deficiency in the trial that I could identify.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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In it, he asked in a general, spiritual way, that God would welcome him to internal life "despite all my sins and insufficiencies".
From Reuters ● Jan. 1, 2023
The script’s insufficiencies are softened by the company’s attitude — warm and inclusive — toward the audience.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Like the Bible, the census is vulnerable to the insufficiencies of language and the human compulsion to put one’s own stamp on events.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2022
Do you have something specific you point to as causing these insufficiencies in the marketplace?
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2020
Barack and I were focused on only our faults and insufficiencies, seeing them reflected in that drab room and thrown-together party.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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