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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As Harris has ramped up her media after taking criticism for a paucity of interviews, her campaign has pointed out that Trump has been largely choosing friendly outlets.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
Really, what explains the paucity of humans north of the United States desperately trying to get to the U.S.?
—John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
An independent review panel attributed the WHO’s poor performance to crippling budget cuts, a paucity of deployable personnel and logistical capacity, and a failure to cultivate relationships with other UN agencies, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
This defense of a model, which has lost its predictive power, especially at the ends of its curve speaks to the myths of economics and the paucity of tools that have predictive or even analytic power.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
Really, what explains the paucity of humans north of the United States desperately trying to get to the U.S.?
—John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
An independent review panel attributed the WHO’s poor performance to crippling budget cuts, a paucity of deployable personnel and logistical capacity, and a failure to cultivate relationships with other UN agencies, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
This defense of a model, which has lost its predictive power, especially at the ends of its curve speaks to the myths of economics and the paucity of tools that have predictive or even analytic power.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Paucity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paucity. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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