Fewer
Fewer adjective - (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of.
Scarce and fewer are semantically related. in hardly any topic. In some cases you can use "Scarce" instead an adjective "Fewer".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The technology becomes scarce only because there are fewer Reticulans to build and maintain (feed?) it.
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