worldwide shortage

collocation in English

meaningsofworldwideandshortage

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worldwide
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/us
/ˈwɝːld.waɪd/
existing or happening in all parts of ...
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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 ofworldwideandshortagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Unfortunately, the ability to deliver this medical miracle is limited by a severeworldwideshortageof organs that continues to worsen.
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We are facing aworldwideshortageof manpower.
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There is currently aworldwideshortageof packaging material.
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I should like to refer to theworldwideshortageof accommodation in the world's metropoli.
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First, there is theworldwideshortageof meat.
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There is aworldwideshortageof wax, and the quantity of wax allocated to candle manufacture has had to be reduced.
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There is such aworldwideshortageof this commodity that they would not be able to import it, in any event.
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Looking at the book one finds that there is aworldwideshortageof energy.
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That scheme was an attempt to solve aworldwideshortagein vegetable oil when the world was in desperate need of that oil.
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The facts are as follows: there is aworldwideshortageof food; there is hunger - 850 million people are going hungry.
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There is a freak shortage of butter, and aworldwideshortageof protein and meat.
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Except in a few lucky countries there is aworldwideshortageof doctors.
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The shortage of polystyrene results from aworldwideshortageof the material benzene from which it is derived.
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There is aworldwideshortageof qualified and able seafarers.
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This deficiency almost exactly reflects theworldwideshortageof these officers.
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That is one reason why we are putting so much effort into tackling the need to improve sanitation levels, as well as into tackling theworldwideshortageof clean water.
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He also opposed clerical celibacy, supporting the ordination of married men to help alleviate theworldwideshortageof priests.
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During the next five years there was a sustained boom in the textile industry owing to theworldwideshortageof cotton goods.
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Similarly, localized disasters can cause worldwide shortages of the products that countries specialize in.
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