How to pronounce shortages

Listen to shortages 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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“shortages” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 285 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. We have not just skill shortages but labour shortages.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 119:03 · hear it here

  2. shortages and information

    FEMA · watch from 40:32 · hear it here

  3. and shortages are easing.

    Federal Reserve · watch from 28:52 · hear it here

  4. these shortages more quickly.

    GAO · watch from 27:53 · hear it here

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