shortest

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Dubai crude, which is in shortest supply, already topped $150 last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

When you think about your work and your company, Complexly, you don’t want to squish it down to the shortest version, right?

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

"This equation shows that in a quantum spacetime, particles do not always move exactly along the shortest path between two points, as the classical geodesic equation would predict."

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Chelsea delayed the start of pre‑season training but ultimately had only 35 days, the club's shortest ever break between seasons and two days fewer than the Covid‑affected 2019‑20 and 2020‑21 cycles.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

In either case, of the five habitable continents, North America and South America are the ones with the shortest human prehistories.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond