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Example sentences for: shortcomings

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Stories inside the NYT and WP report that a study coming out today demonstrates the shortcomings of a flagship program designed to help poor absentee fathers earn more and pay more child support.
This is not the place to launch a commentary on the shortcomings and virtues of the various theories of grammar (or grammatical theories) that have been proposed; suffice it to say that no one of them provides all the answers to all the myriad questions raised by language.
Significant shortcomings within the FDNY's command and control capabilities were painfully exposed on September 11.
The NSA director at the time, Lieutenant General Kenneth Minihan, believed the memo applied only to the CIA and not the NSA, because no one had informed him of any NSA shortcomings.
Dad's been injured, sure, but his pride is intact, his love for his son papering over his shortcomings as a coach.