out of stock
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It was temporarily out of stock because even the most sophisticated forecasting algorithms didn’t see it coming.
He urged people to try different pharmacies if local ones ran out of stock.
From BBC
Shoppers surveyed at those stores have reported better cleanliness and more team-member availability, and fewer items are out of stock, McCarthy said.
Community Pharmacy Scotland said members were seeing increased demand for private flu vaccinations, and some were "out of stock".
From BBC
It might point to items that are out of stock, or ignore a detail in a prompt.
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