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in short supply

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Idioms and Phrases

Less than is needed, lacking. For example, Skilled operators were in short supply , or The hotels are all full, and beds are in short supply . [First half of 1900s]

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�� remains in short supply is the political will to ensure that these impacts are neither ignored nor repeated.

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Good news, however, remains seemingly in short supply at many struggling American orchestras, just as it does in many uncertain aspects of American life.

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Additionally, with only 4,400 clinical psychologists in the U.S., they are in short supply.

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Dauntless, rational visionaries are always in short supply, especially now.

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So were medicines, in short supply and hoarded by those who could pay.

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