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in short supply

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in short supply
Fig. scarce. Fresh vegetables are in short supply in the winter. Yellow cars are in short supply because everyone likes them and buys them. At this time of the year, fresh vegetables go into short supply.
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in short supply
not readily available Money is in short supply until I get paid.
See also: short, supply


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The gun gyro assembly, NSN 1005-01-095-5205, for the M2/M3-series Bradley is in short supply.
Democratic ranks, like GOP ranks, bulge with people proclaiming that legislated minimum wages benefit low-wage workers and that goods in short supply are made more affordable by price caps.
 
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