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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shortage for" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct preposition would be "of" instead of "for."
Example: "There is a shortage of supplies in the warehouse."
Alternatives: "a lack of" or "a deficiency in".
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We are never at a shortage for great ideas.
Oppenheimer: "We do not create a shortage for buzz.
"We understand why there was a shortage, for very definable reasons.
At the beginning of the year, a closely watched report by a commodities trading firm noted that the global coffee market could face a shortage for the first time in three years.
Using their medicines in executions "runs counter to the manufacturers' mission to save and enhance patients' lives" and creates a shortage for patients who need the drugs as well as a public-health risk, the companies write in the brief.
He expects the working-age population to peak in 2009, at around 924m, and to decline to 835m by 2024.Yet many economists argue that China is likely to suffer from a labour surplus rather than a shortage for years to come.
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He blamed feminism for somehow causing a shortage of jobs for working-class men.
Some blame a shortage of competition for higher prices since.
Britain has had a shortage of homes for decades.
There has been a shortage of soap for weeks.
In nearly every country in the world, there is a shortage of kidneys for transplantation.
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