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Noun
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If the deficiency is prolonged, the plant may stop flowering and fruiting altogether.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 July 2025 -
The issue was also declared a significant deficiency in 2020, and Wyandotte officials pledged to begin implementing a residential protection program.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
5 July 2025
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These conversations addressed both the risk of flooding in the Guadalupe Basin and the inadequacy of the existing warning infrastructure.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 July 2025
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Any inadequacies found would then be addressed with additional training and regular tests to measure skills and compliance with the department’s treatment protocols.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2025
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Nothing is ever ideal, but finding grace and affection for the imperfections that life brings is the best and only way to move in alignment with the energy.—
Lisa Stardust,
refinery29.com,
2 July 2025
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My hypercritical brain took this imperfection and ran with it.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
26 June 2025
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There’s no shortage of online debate over the relative worth of pet insurance, with consumers routinely trading notes on Reddit and elsewhere about rising premium costs, unexpected cancellations and other common shortcomings.—
Evie Steele,
NBC news,
9 July 2025
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The Blackhawks haven’t done the best job supporting Bedard in Chicago, which has amplified some of his shortcomings.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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As a result, the carbon dioxide isn't replenished and, along with other mechanisms like the solar winds and the lack of magnetic field, the result was a feedback process that bled off more and more of the atmosphere as more and more of the carbon dioxide was sealed in the minerals.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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The lack of responsibility is built into the City Charter.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Alopecia is also believed to be related to vitamin D insufficiency.—
Veronica Cristino and Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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The pope was also diagnosed with a polymicrobial infection and then mild renal insufficiency.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Mariners starter Bryan Woo held the Yankees hitless through seven innings, but the Yankees erupted for three runs against Woo and reliever Matt Brash in the eighth, cutting their deficit to 5-3.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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The city implemented its program in 1997 amid a broader underfunding of the pension system, which eventually tanked the city’s credit rating, grew its deficit and led to resignations of top city officials and federal investigations.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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The deficit is recalculated annually based on the shortfall or surplus each month.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Congress could fund the shortfall from general revenue but that would hardly be prudent in light of the growing national debt.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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“Incompleteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompleteness. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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