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Example sentences for: shortfall

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The shortfall is covered by the 8 percent federal tax on commercial airline tickets.
But it's a significant shortfall if you are sufficiently present-minded to recall that Congress (and the president) have separately committed themselves to mammoth--and almost entirely unspecified--cuts in the magical year of 2002, when the budget is to alight, if only for a moment, on balance.
Harrison said the fee hikes are designed only to counter the shortfall in interest income, not add to the total amount available.
In simple terms, increasing payroll taxes by 1.86 percent (a 15percent increase over the 2001 rate paid by employers and workers) now could head off a Social Security shortfall for 75 years.
Instead of an expected Mendelian ratio of 87% cop1 -like plants, only 38% were observed, a significant shortfall.