scarce
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While polling is scarce, Mr. Marshall’s lead is negligible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Karim Fawaz, executive director at S&P Global Energy, warned in the analysis that “Inventories are low, spare refining capacity is scarce, and seasonal demand is about to strengthen at exactly the wrong moment.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
However, details of Carney's proposed plans for greater ties with the EU are scarce.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Most said they would be willing to eat µBites in situations where food resources were scarce.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Paper hath been more than scarce; it is an article impossible to come by.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
That has made diesel scarcer — and more expensive — globally.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Drastic restrictions on cross-country travel took effect Thursday in cash-strapped Cuba, with spaces on ever scarcer trains and buses now reserved for the sick, people traveling for funerals and other emergencies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Food, initially plentiful after the Germans denuded the farms of occupied Europe, became scarcer and worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
By the time the next crew swapped with his that afternoon, they were scarcer: “One every 30 minutes, roughly,” Ulibarri recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
By late March and early April, game was growing scarcer as the animals migrated north, fleeing the onset of Antarctic winter.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Strike-fighter pilots are the scarcest asset in a carrier strike group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Situating the reactors on water would take pressure off of one of the port’s scarcest resources — land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
But periodically investors get a reminder that one of the scarcest AI resources is top talent.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026
Hatakeyama compares this to an updated version of Liebig's famous barrel analogy, in which a plant's growth is limited by its shortest stave, representing the scarcest resource.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
The tragedy of Dido is one of the scarcest plays in the English language.
From The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe
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