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Example sentences for: shortage

How can you use “shortage” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

A chronic teacher shortage has led some states to consider ways to help teaching-educa-tion students pay off college debts.
There was a shortage of farm laborers during World War II, and this program offered an answer to that problem, although some braceros also worked on the railroad.
There is, of course, no shortage of entertainment facilities, and Puerto de Colón has become not just a favorite place to wander around and watch the boats, but a center for some really neat and unusual adventures that merit description.
There's no shortage of would-be gatekeepers, but in recent years their influence has been waning.
The New York Times goes with the serious shortage of military recruits and what the Pentagon is trying to do about it.