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The phrase "already shortages" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe a situation where shortages have occurred prior to a certain point in time, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "Due to the pandemic, there are already shortages of essential supplies in many stores."
Alternatives: "existing shortages" or "current shortages".
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AIDS will still kill millions of people, and there are already shortages of medications, but the tide is turning.
He said that there were already shortages of food, medicine and clean water as well as near-constant bombardment.
But today, there are already shortages in nursing and general practice, and – as the economy recovers – filling vacancies without paying better might become impossible.
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Despite pools of underemployed country-dwellers, China already faces shortages of manual workers.
Fuel refineries halted production and parts of the country are already suffering shortages.
BEHIND THE NEWS Floods devastated North Korea's agricultural heartland last year, exacerbating already serious shortages.
Milk processors are already experiencing shortages of supply, and this situation can be expected to worsen.
Errol Schweizer, national grocery buyer at Whole Foods, said he was already seeing shortages in organic and conventional seeds, as well as in commodity ingredients sourced from conventional crops.
Although the government of U Thein Sein, the president of Myanmar and the main driver of liberalization, has been in office only since March 2011, there are already severe shortages of some categories of workers.
Across the country, employers already face shortages of well-trained graduates in areas such as the sciences and nursing.
Given the rapid growth of the world's population, many cities in various countries have already encountered shortages of cemetery space, even if large parts of the world cremate, rather than bury, their dead.
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