as in shortages
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
a growing deficit in the number of hours devoted to sleep
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Recent Examples of deficits
Meanwhile, the district may shut down more than a dozen of its 54 schools as enrollment drops (26% in a decade), budget deficits grow and buildings sit underused.
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Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
Certain districts are facing tremendous deficits going into the upcoming school year, and part of tightening the financial ship unfortunately has to be the elimination of jobs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Undoubtedly, the way our society talked about autism once was too cold and clinical, overly focused on deficits.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Extreme deficits may lead to obsessive food tracking, anxiety around eating, or disordered eating patterns.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
That child, compared to a sibling who might be in the 40th percentile, gets more attention, more books, more educational experiences—as early as 18 months of age, long before any report cards have come home informing mom and dad about their kid’s talents or deficits.
—Dalton Conley, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
The United States is grappling with a massive debt load, ever-expanding budget deficits, and a growing reliance on foreign investors to finance its debt.
—Bob Haber, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
In 2010, President Barack Obama appointed him and Erskine Bowles, a former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton, to lead a bipartisan commission on strategies to reduce the growing federal deficits and debt level.
—David Hiller, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
But how and when those deficits manifest varies markedly from person to person.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
Certain districts are facing tremendous deficits going into the upcoming school year, and part of tightening the financial ship unfortunately has to be the elimination of jobs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Undoubtedly, the way our society talked about autism once was too cold and clinical, overly focused on deficits.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Extreme deficits may lead to obsessive food tracking, anxiety around eating, or disordered eating patterns.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
That child, compared to a sibling who might be in the 40th percentile, gets more attention, more books, more educational experiences—as early as 18 months of age, long before any report cards have come home informing mom and dad about their kid’s talents or deficits.
—Dalton Conley, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
The United States is grappling with a massive debt load, ever-expanding budget deficits, and a growing reliance on foreign investors to finance its debt.
—Bob Haber, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
In 2010, President Barack Obama appointed him and Erskine Bowles, a former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton, to lead a bipartisan commission on strategies to reduce the growing federal deficits and debt level.
—David Hiller, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
But how and when those deficits manifest varies markedly from person to person.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Deficits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deficits. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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