How to Use shortfall in a Sentence

shortfall

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  • Most of the shortfall is due to the stronger dollar, which impedes sales of its goods abroad.
    — Suzanne Kapner, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
  • But increasing the wage base wouldn’t close much of the shortfall.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The changes were the latest in a slew of freeway projects ODOT has pared down in the face of a funding shortfall.
    — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In July of that year, the mega-dealer laid off 20 percent of its staff to make up for a shortfall in sales.
    — Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The referendum was built to plug most of that shortfall.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The extra money isn't part of the shortfall but will be absorbed in the overall K-12 budget.
    — The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Apple will need to craft new arrangements that make up for the shortfall.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 June 2024
  • If there’s a shortfall, the host can trim an activity or two.
    — Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, SELF, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The shortfall is worse for districts with higher rates of poverty.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But China has a hundred-day supply of oil, and much of the shortfall could be made up by Russia.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • As the government scrambles to cover the shortfall, the tax breaks for the agriculture sector went out the door.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In the past five years, the shortfall has led to the department shelling out millions of dollars in overtime payments.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The shortfall in personnel and equipment was even worse.
    — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • The diesel shortfall is most acute on the East Coast, which is tussling for cargoes with northwest Europe.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The shortfall in grants in St. Bernard owed in large part to lower property values.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2022
  • However, this plan wouldn’t bring any relief to the shortfall.
    — Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The think tank said the program faces a $35 billion to $95 billion ten-year shortfall, net of current reserves.
    — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • That’s been Sweden’s vow for decades after its Cup shortfalls.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Left it with an 8 billion shortfall, and that caused huge losses for investors.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Hydropower and gas are supposed to make up for most of the the shortfall in solar energy.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The two sides spent much of last week discussing how to cover a $670 million shortfall over the coming contract term in the pension and health plans.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 May 2024
  • Data now shows the relief fund could slip into the red by the end of summer — a more than $1.3 billion shortfall in August.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 June 2024
  • To help account for this shortfall, Tesla knocked 20% off the Model Y’s sticker.
    — Simon Willis, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • The nation has a current shortfall of about 6.5 million homes, Realtor.com data shows.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 31 May 2023
  • But there are too few nurses already and that shortfall also is likely to grow.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Bulk prices for olive oil have doubled compared to the same time last year and all indications point to a shortfall in the next harvest, Zanre said.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Traders rushed to withdraw from FTX, causing the company to have a $8 billion shortfall.
    — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Given the shortfall this would create, lawmakers allowed the city to extend the tax district from one square mile to two.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
  • American energy exports have made up much of the Russian shortfall thanks to the shale revolution.
    — Daniel Markind, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Facing upwards of a $1 billion shortfall, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is proposing an austere budget plan for the next fiscal year that includes widespread spending cuts across state government.
    — John Frank, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024

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