shortest

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Whittaker later recalled that he was the tallest hiker in the group, and Gombu was the shortest.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

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

A geodesic describes the shortest path between two points.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

His were the feelings of a point in geometry, existing mysteriously on the shortest distance between two points: or of a line, drawn on a plane surf act v/hich had length, breadth but no magnitude.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White