Example Sentences

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Scarcities now are common and sanitary conditions fall short of the ideal in decaying facilities where paint peels from the walls.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2012

Scarcities of labor mean higher wages, and higher wages, with U.S. plants working close to capacity, conjure up the specter of too much money chasing too few goods.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scarcities would cripple production in the auto, construction and appliance industries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scarcities of energy were cropping up in the U.S. before the embargo; the nation is short of refining capacity to meet its needs even if it could import all the crude it might wish.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scarcities of milk and other dairy products could develop by August.

From Time Magazine Archive