How to pronounce shortage
Listen to shortage in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“shortage” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 310 American · 933 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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shortage because of the semiconductor shortage.
Federal Reserve · watch from 42:49 · hear it here
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shortage of interpreters, there is a national shortage of tutors.
UK Parliament · watch from 42:33 · hear it here
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shortage of oncologists ...
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 17:06 · hear it here
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So there’s no shortage of ideas, there’s no shortage of initiatives, there’s no shortage of enthusiasm
State Department · watch from 10:24 · hear it here
Why real speech
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