How to Use paucity in a Sentence

paucity

noun

• His biggest challenge had been the paucity of top opponents willing to fight him.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017
• Little has changed since this forewarning, and the new program does not alter the paucity of the workforce.
  — Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 1 June 2017
• Commissioners, and some of the five speakers at the meeting, decried the paucity of public notice given.
  — Mark Hedin, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2017
• Explanations could include a paucity of Earth-like planets or self-replicating molecules.
  — Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2014
• When the two met, they were taken aback by the paucity of Spanish-language literature available in Los Angeles.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• Two tests, an X-ray of the lungs, and the paucity of symptoms proved it.
  — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 1 Dec. 2022
• The first four months of the year were a disaster, thanks to a paucity of major titles.
  — Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• In December 2018, the talk in Sava was of the lateness and paucity of the vanilla blooms.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2019
• What does the paucity of Oreos suggest about the future?
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2019
• One trend likely here to stay for in the near-term is a paucity of available pilots for hire in the U.S. market.
  — Dan Carson, Chron, 25 Apr. 2022
• But in past years, the awards have been scrutinized because of the paucity of women among awardees.
  — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 9 Oct. 2019
• The ACMs’ hand may have been somewhat forced by the paucity of choices left among the top broadcast networks.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Nov. 2021
• That said, the paucity of elite prospects in the aftermath of the early window dampened the drama.
  — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• There is, of course, no way to prevent a paucity of rain or eliminate hunger.
  — Scott Armstrong, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2017
• The paucity of options led to winding lines at the few existing stands.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
• But there are two main reasons for the paucity of potential pets.
  — Mandy Behbehani, SFChronicle.com, 3 June 2020
• If a lack of political will was to blame for the paucity of cases, so was a lack of resources.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2022
• Among the main challenges for those who research bridge suicides is the paucity of survivors.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2022
• Ba is not alone, of course, in focusing on the paucity of funding for female founders.
  — Yinka Adegoke, Quartz Africa, 26 Nov. 2019
• The regime’s ranks are being thinned by defections and a paucity of fresh recruits.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
• No matter, the paucity of provender assured that no one would miss the arrival of King Jayme and Queen Jason.
  — al, 20 Feb. 2020
• That cost reflects a paucity of starter homes: Most available houses sit on large lots.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2022
• Of course the root causes for the paucity of women at leadership tables are many.
  — Dr Margie Warrell, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2022
• The paucity of savings in the U.S. cuts across generations.
  — Alain Sherter, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2022
• There’s one more spot available this year, and a paucity of surefire contenders compared to when Knives Out ran in 2019.
  — Vulture, 23 Dec. 2022
• One reason for the paucity of tomb valuables is that the workers—not royalty—were buried there.
  — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2022
• Despite climbing to 57 in the world, a paucity of World Cup qualifiers saw Jamaica drop to 61st.
  — SI.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• Experts say the paucity of tests and their high prices undermine efforts in the U.S. to return to normal life.
  — Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Norman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
• With the economy healthy, more Americans want to buy homes, but there is a paucity of houses for sale.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
• In part, the paucity of works reflects a recognition of the region’s great variety across dozens of countries; after all, few books have been written about Asia writ large, either.
  — Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024