scarcity
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Scarcity in the primary market tends to drive up secondhand values.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
"Scarcity in Test cricket is our friend, not our foe," said Greenberg.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025
He imagined a future in which “resources and livable conditions are scarce. Scarcity is the rule, and requires a degree of self-interest. Population problems are beyond solution by migration. No habitable unclaimed lands remain.”
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024
Scarcity of nutritious food in childhood appears to prime people metabolically for obesity in adulthood.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023
Scarcity of deer in some areas of Texas is attributed to the screw-worm.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing scarcity
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