Shortfalls is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shortfalls meaning
plural of shortfall
Using Shortfalls
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of shortfall
- In the example corpus, shortfalls often appears in combinations such as: budget shortfalls, shortfalls in, shortfalls and.
Context around Shortfalls
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shortfalls
- In this selection, "shortfalls" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, budget, false, significant, let, steer and wrought stand out and add context to how "shortfalls" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all budget shortfalls and and significant shortfalls within leadership. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shortfalls" sits close to words such as adesina, adityanath and adoration, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shortfalls
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, during oil price slumps, the government often faces significant revenue shortfalls and struggles implementing planned projects. (17 words)
Restriction diets are complicated and easy to mess up, and cutting out these foods can lead to dangerous nutrient shortfalls. (20 words)
Chelmsford Council has defended the revenue made by the new charges, saying they were not intended to cover all budget shortfalls. (21 words)
To achieve smaller deficits while also providing a counter to chronic shortfalls in demand, it makes sense to allow a broader range of measures—including nonbudgetary measures that would boost aggregate demand—to pass under the Byrd Rule. (38 words)
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request obtained by former pensions minister Steve Webb has disclosed that last month, 1,859 people were notified by the Government's Department for Work and Pensions () about potential state pension shortfalls. (37 words)
Amanda Lyndon, CQC head of hospital inspection for adult social care, said: “When we inspected Marquis Court (Tudor House) care home, we found widespread and significant shortfalls within leadership which was impacting on people’s care. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
He claimed the sub-postmasters had failed to show any clear-cut examples of bugs causing false shortfalls, ‘let alone bugs causing the shortfalls of £18.7million that they claim not to be responsible for’.
Add to that the shortfalls in the defective block scheme, the housing crisis and the cost-of-living crisis and we have a perfect storm.
After years of record California budget surpluses, Gov. Newsom outlined a plan to deal with a deficit he projects at $22.5 billion and said he can keep his big promises despite the shortfalls.
Amanda Lyndon, CQC head of hospital inspection for adult social care, said: “When we inspected Marquis Court (Tudor House) care home, we found widespread and significant shortfalls within leadership which was impacting on people’s care.
Chelmsford Council has defended the revenue made by the new charges, saying they were not intended to cover all budget shortfalls.
Funding shortfalls in the sector is not ideal yet this is the reality services are facing, more people are pushed to the brink of homelessness.
However, during oil price slumps, the government often faces significant revenue shortfalls and struggles implementing planned projects.
It was suggested during the meeting that the school was looking to subsidise any shortfalls in the payments being asked for to be met by Guyanese parents with their children at that school.
On-the-spot feedback will provide vital information to identify improvements, uncover technology shortfalls, steer developmental priorities and confirm, or course-correct developmental approaches.
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards will meet with Mayor Eric Adams in the coming weeks to relay the concerns of his community board leaders over proposed budget shortfalls.
Restriction diets are complicated and easy to mess up, and cutting out these foods can lead to dangerous nutrient shortfalls.
Russia and the European Union, the top two shippers, are set for bumper 2023 harvests, cushioning the shortfalls wrought by the war in Ukraine.
The EU’s executive branch recommended it should be permitted to open membership talks once it’s addressed shortfalls that include corruption.
The shortfalls are partially offset by reduced pension costs, changes in corporate contingencies and increased interest revenue due to higher interest rates, a news release from the city said.
This has been compounded by staff shortfalls partly driven by a pandemic hiring freeze, a contract for bus drivers that advocates say isn’t competitive with even low-skilled work and a wave of retirements.
This not only impacts students’ educations, but also teacher turnover rates, as many become overworked as they are asked to fill in the gaps of staffing shortfalls.
To achieve smaller deficits while also providing a counter to chronic shortfalls in demand, it makes sense to allow a broader range of measures—including nonbudgetary measures that would boost aggregate demand—to pass under the Byrd Rule.
According to information about a financial assessment of Franklin County that was released by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department, the county is facing some significant budget shortfalls soon.
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request obtained by former pensions minister Steve Webb has disclosed that last month, 1,859 people were notified by the Government's Department for Work and Pensions () about potential state pension shortfalls.
Among the long list of shortfalls in her care were inadequate risk management, confusing record keeping, a lack of understanding of policies and insufficient oversight by senior staff.
Common combinations with shortfalls
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- budget shortfalls 23×
- shortfalls in 21×
- shortfalls and 16×
- the shortfalls 12×
- revenue shortfalls 11×
- financial shortfalls 5×
- shortfalls of 4×
- funding shortfalls 4×
- shortfalls due 4×
- for shortfalls 4×