as in deficiency
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a failure to get what is expected or needed
a shortfall in milk production profit shortfalls
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Recent Examples of shortfall
That spending plan would have left the state with a modest $363 million discretionary surplus, ending a two-year streak in which state lawmakers needed to plug significant spending shortfalls.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
By hiking tariffs before fixing its military shortfalls, the United States may be picking a fight that it’s not fully prepared to win.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
Hay said the board has scheduled a Thursday meeting to approve its tax returns and remedy its other shortfalls, including signing conflict of interest statements.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Drug shortages could get worse The tariffs could worsen the unprecedented shortfall of medicine in the U.S., which is driven by factors such as manufacturing quality control and demand surges.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
By hiking tariffs before fixing its military shortfalls, the United States may be picking a fight that it’s not fully prepared to win.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
Hay said the board has scheduled a Thursday meeting to approve its tax returns and remedy its other shortfalls, including signing conflict of interest statements.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Drug shortages could get worse The tariffs could worsen the unprecedented shortfall of medicine in the U.S., which is driven by factors such as manufacturing quality control and demand surges.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shortfall
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“Shortfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortfall. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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