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• n  the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
• n  an acute insufficiency

• The pressures on the White House will grow because the shortage is likely to become much worse in the next two weeks.
• But another problem in keeping up with demand is an acute shortage of the nickel-metal-hydride batteries required for hybrid vehicles.
• One shortage is over, anyway: paper.

• deficit
• shortfall
• dearth
• famine

News & Articles

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• MR Solutions new pre clinical MRI scanners overcome helium shortage
  The global shortage of helium has been risking research projects across the world with experts predicting that the second most common element in the universe may be depleted by the middle of the century1.
  June 20, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Shortage of donated blood expected this summer
  Summer means vacations for families and no school for students, but for the BloodCenter of Wisconsin, summer brings fewer donors and a shortage of donated blood.
  June 20, 2013 - Wausau Daily Herald
• Wis. braces for blood shortage as donations tail off in the summer during school breaks
  MARSHFIELD, Wis. — The BloodCenter of Wisconsin is bracing for a blood shortage this summer, when donations traditionally drop by about 20 percent. That's mainly because blood drives at high schools and universities shut down with students on break.
  June 20, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Quotes

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• Bernard Parks in Newsweek
  Our communities have an extreme shortage of quality foods,City Councilman Bernard Parks said.
• Glenn in USA Today
  Every day we get several offers of something he could do or would like to, and there are certainly no shortage of people who would love to speak with him,publicist Glenn Selig said.
• Jacques Chirac in International Herald Tribune
  The growing shortage of resources and the battle against global warming demand a revolution in our ways of production and consumption,Chirac said. "We have the duty to start research that will prepare energy solutions for our descendants."