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Sentence count:174+10Posted:2017-01-12Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: rarescantysparseAntonym: plentifulSimilar words: scarcelyincarceratescareparcelscaredscarydiscardscarredMeaning: [skers /skeəs]  adj. 1. not enough; hard to find 2. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand. adv. by a small margin. 
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121. How will the new millennium children reconcile conflicting demands on scarce resources against the background of global warming?
122. Thus, female orangutans choose to live alone in strict territories, the better to exploit their scarce food resources.
123. A low-performing organization that continues to devote scarce time and energy to the pursuit of remote goals is courting disappointment.
124. This is achieved when scarce resources are channelled to their highest return uses.
125. This emphasis tends to divert scarce financial resources from true development objectives.
126. But in parts of the Southeast, one commodity should become less scarce this year: municipal bonds.
127. It is a fundamental law of economics in a world of scarce resources and could not be otherwise.
128. Data on rates of infection among homosexual men is scarce.
129. New-model Golfs are still scarce and dealers are paying high prices to secure them.
130. There the principal threat to the diversity of fish has been competition with man for scarce supplies of water.
131. Information about the success or otherwise of control measures in the Eastern bloc is scarce.
132. In only one case was a sample obtained from a large lump of rock, these being scarce on the lunar surface.
133. Tourists and immigrants are increasing the pressures on the Galapagos's already scarce resources, from fresh water to seafood.
134. For the next few days I made myself scarce, hoping that his displeasure was temporary.
135. Meanwhile, there was scarce evidence of inflation as producer prices showed no change from November to December.
136. In 1939, leather was scarce so Magli introduced cork, fabric, velvet, fiber and wood to his shoes.
137. If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere. Zig Ziglar 
138. At the moment protein A is so scarce it costs between £5 and £10 a milligram.
139. This was in the early days of the personal computer when graphics software was scarce.
140. Hot water is even more scarce and depends on the weather, or whether or not a fuse has blown.
141. Yet information, particularly over the internal situation and the political attitudes of the ruling elite, is scarce.
142. The case illustrates a growing crisis for the mentally ill in Mississippi and other states[sentencedict.com/scarce.html], where psychiatric facilities are scarce.
143. How will Railtrack decide on access priority when track slots are scarce?
144. Food was so scarce in Derbyshire that the apprentices had to raid dustbins.
145. Even for those who are most fully qualified, full-time jobs with full-time benefits are scarce.
146. In fact, internal conflicts may exist within the bureaucracy as different sectors within it compete for scarce resources.
147. That may be true of land-a scarce commodity on a small island-but what about pay?
148. These regional differences in trade patterns are important in determining regional attitudes to alternative arrangements for allocating scarce foreign exchange.
149. There are a few items of Interest, but generally, local news is scarce.
150. There is evidence that volatile materials have always been scarce on the Moon.
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