temporary shortage

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandshortage

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temporary
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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shortage
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʃɔː.tɪdʒ/us
/ˈʃɔːr.t̬ɪdʒ/
a situation in which there is not enough ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandshortagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftemporary shortage

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There is atemporaryshortageof a certain type of battery, but adequate supplies should be available within the next week or two.
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Thistemporaryshortageis being rectified as recruiting permits.
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Did not their obstinate attitude in rejecting selectivity result in atemporaryshortageof machinery for some categories of cloth?
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There was atemporaryshortageof airmen's shirts at this station, but this has now been overcome.
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But we do not want to knock out for ever a coal-burning electricity power station because of atemporaryshortage.
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In country areas where the district nurse is often the district midwife atemporaryshortageof staff may be felt acutely in the neighbourhood.
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The effect of the demobilisation arrangements and the consequent heavy drafting has resulted in atemporaryshortageof seaman ratings.
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There was atemporaryshortageat one unit which has now been remedied.
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A recenttemporaryshortagehas now been overcome.
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We are doing all we can to restore full service to public telephones, but there is atemporaryshortageof spare parts.
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On occasions, however, when there is atemporaryshortageof rolling stock, or exceptional congestion, it is necessary to work a few such trains.
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Issues of stump stocks have been reduced from four to three at a time, except in new cases, because of atemporaryshortage.
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Occasionally, however, an unusually heavy demand for a particular one may result in atemporaryshortage.
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There has been atemporaryshortageof copies.
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Increased demand has caused atemporaryshortagewhich, if next winter is severe, could be about 0·3 million tons.
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They think that it is only to be done during atemporaryshortageof fats and oils, and that the whole thing is basically artificial.
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Supplies of raw materials should, in general, be available, though in certain directions atemporaryshortagemay occur.
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It was an adjustment to atemporaryshortageof liquidity.
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I am sorry that exceptionally heavy demands have caused atemporaryshortageof letter cards.
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They were built at a time of atemporaryshortagein bricks.
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