scarcity
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It’s possible, he wrote, that investors could “bail” on the funds after SpaceX shares start trading and “whatever scarcity value” those ETFs derived from pre-IPO access to the company expires.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
It said threats come from climate change, food scarcity, invasive species and human activity.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
But there’s scarcity in terms of that information.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
A Morgan Stanley analyst team, led by Shawn Kim, on Tuesday wrote that surging memory prices and supply scarcity are becoming a cross-sector risk as AI reprices a critical input across the digital economy.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
There was a scarcity of food in the refrigerator, of snacks in the cupboards, and of freshly ironed shirts and clean socks in his dresser.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing scarcity
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