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A dearth in quality is not a threat to international cricket's future.

The group makes up 15% of the total population of these four areas, but researchers say the data point to a dearth in multilingual communication alerts about fire warnings, evacuation procedures and relief services.

This does not reflect a dearth of intelligence, and I would argue that it’s not even primarily a failure in education, although that’s part of it.

One obstacle to the more widespread use of these futuristic firefighting tools, including sensors that can detect smoke and fire, is a dearth of private and public sector funding.

All season, Musselman had lamented his team’s dearth of capable bigs, knowing it would make matching up with bigger frontcourts, like Michigan’s, difficult.