as in shortage
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
a paucity of useful answers to the problem of traffic congestion at rush hour
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Recent Examples of paucity
Complicating their work is their own hunger and exhaustion, as well as the paucity of food coming into the territory altogether.
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Claire Porter Robbins, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
The consensus among experts regarding heat deaths is the ubiquity of air conditioning in the U.S. and the relative paucity in Europe.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
Barnes: Our old pecans, too, are untouched by the heat and paucity of rain so far.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
But the paucity of high-level talent across those 12 programs reflects the second-rate state of college basketball in the West.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
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Claire Porter Robbins, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
The consensus among experts regarding heat deaths is the ubiquity of air conditioning in the U.S. and the relative paucity in Europe.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
Barnes: Our old pecans, too, are untouched by the heat and paucity of rain so far.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
But the paucity of high-level talent across those 12 programs reflects the second-rate state of college basketball in the West.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for paucity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paucity
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The 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shut down the largest refined products pipeline in the United States for several days, creating fuel shortages and demonstrating how OT disruptions cascade through the economy.—
Bob Ackerman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a decade that some critics believe has a shortage of newness and invention, slop is one of the few frontiers that’s actively being pushed.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s encouragement of Walker was enough to spur him into the race, though Republicans as a whole were hesitant, given Walker’s lack of experience and standing as an unknown quantity among GOP voters.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Paucity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paucity. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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