How to Use in short supply in a Sentence
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But the drug’s been in short supply and very hard to find.
— Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 27 May 2024 -
The drug has been in short supply since the end of 2022 and Diamond set out to learn why.
— Krista Stevens, Longreads, 13 Mar. 2024 -
But one of the best things about Towa Bird is that for her, verve is never in short supply.
— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2024 -
But in his 13-month tenure, those were in short supply.
— James B. Stewart, New York Times, 7 June 2023 -
Now with the sauce in short supply, those lucky enough to have their hands on the product are hoping for a cash boon.
— Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023 -
Check it out: But what happens when shells are in short supply?
— Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 28 Feb. 2024 -
With such low levels of trust, the benefit of the doubt for the other side is in short supply.
— Chris Jackson, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 -
Sriracha is in short supply these days — and that spicy crisis is linked to the climate crisis.
— Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023 -
Two of the drugs in short supply are carboplatin and cisplatin.
— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023 -
Optimism for Thomas doesn’t seem to be in short supply.
— Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 8 May 2023 -
Charm is in short supply at the movies these days, but Gosling and Blunt give us every reason to believe in it.
— Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 June 2024 -
And trust among the American public is in short supply.
— Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2022 -
Gazans were able to go out to stock up on essentials, though long lines remained and goods were in short supply.
— Jeremy White, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023 -
The workers who care for aging adults are already in short supply.
— Daniel Gonzalez, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024 -
Texas Hill Country peaches should be in short supply this year thanks to a mild winter.
— Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 14 June 2023 -
If the strike were to last a month or more, supplies needed by factories could be in short supply.
— Anna Nagurney, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024 -
But production slots for both widebody and narrowbody jets are in short supply through the rest of the decade.
— Guy Johnson, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023 -
But production slots for both widebody and narrowbody jets are in short supply through the rest of the decade.
— Guy Johnson, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023 -
Although shortages are not new, the number of drugs in short supply has grown steadily for about two years.
— John Wilkerson, STAT, 14 Sep. 2023 -
His humility was a trait that is in short supply these days.
— Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2024 -
Purposeful passes and movement off the ball were in short supply no matter who was on the court.
— Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024 -
The survey results come at a time when primary care providers are in short supply.
— Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024 -
Those resources are now in short supply, and hundreds of thousands of people have fled south.
— Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Lithium is not in short supply, nor is the planet in danger of running out of lithium.
— Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023 -
Bangla is among the tongues spoken in India, where he was born, but Bangla-speaking actors in the United States are in short supply.
— Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023 -
Anesthesia has been in short supply for about two weeks, doctors say.
— Abu Bakr Bashir, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023 -
But reasonable voices are in short supply, and drowned out by the loudest, the angriest, and most adamant.
— William Falk, The Week, 1 May 2023 -
Liquid forms of the drug, suitable for children who are too young to swallow pills, are in short supply, according to the FDA's list.
— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2023 -
Just use common sense, which is in short supply in Sacramento, and enforce them.
— Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 8 Apr. 2024 -
However, if a drug is in short supply, it’s not seen as commercially available by the FDA.
— Bruce Gil, Quartz, 23 Oct. 2024
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