scarce

Example Sentences

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Prudence is in short supply, and it is this very scarce resource that requires us “to block the roads to hell before building the stairways to heaven.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

She believes that over the long term, customers like Meta and Microsoft won’t rely on neoclouds like CoreWeave for capacity, because data-center capacity will be less scarce.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

“When capital becomes scarce, it normalizes and can reverse the supply-demand imbalance that benefited borrowers in recent years. Typically, spreads widen, structures tighten, and documentation improves.”

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“The disconnect between demand and supply continues to pressurize the market as buyers compete for scarce listings,” Carlisle said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

In the day, I minister to the dying in the quarantine camp, which hath a sweet miasma so foul it can scarce be borne.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson