Many of the products were scarce commodities after the war.

We were down for so long that confidence was a scarce commodity.

"Well, since time seems to be a scarce commodity, I'll leave that end of it up to you."

That is especially true with one of Manhattan's scarcest commodities: space.

Feuds over water, a scarce commodity, is common in the area.

Truly wild women are a scarce commodity in pop music.

But what about other planets, where water may be a scarce commodity?

In the most fundamental sense, the campaign and the election may be about trust, a scarce commodity.

At the end of the 15th century knowledge was a scarce commodity, and it is difficult for us to comprehend just how ignorant people were.

Trust is a scarce commodity these days in the television industry.