shortest
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Florida firefighter sets record as shortest woman in profession.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Gay was president for six months, the shortest stretch in the institution’s history, before resigning at the start of 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
It did find that privately insured patients experienced the shortest delays, but those for Medicare patients were only minimally different from the privately insured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
A total of 56 people were given jail sentences -- including Xu's two sons -- with the shortest term one year and 10 months, China's state news agency Xinhua reported.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
All pleasurable things, all travel and sports and entertainment and good food and fine clothes, are in the very shortest supply, always were and always will be.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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