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Even if you enjoy your job, the transition from holiday to work can be hard, particularly in September as the days begin to shorten.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

The scoring format, designed to shorten matches in the first three rounds, features sets to four games, with a tiebreaker at 4-all and a 10-point tiebreaker instead of a third set.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

By the time the district agreed to shorten the punishment, he’d already served 11 days.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

For Albano, Trent Park is "on a par in terms of the military intelligence that was gained and... was used by the British government to shorten the length of the Second World War".

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Bree and Hwin had already got themselves as dirty and bedraggled as they could and it only remained to shorten their tails.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

The problem, Shurety points out, is that longer fire seasons and more rain during cooler months shortens the window that such burns can be carried out.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

This not only creates more room for components but also shortens wiring distances, reducing parasitic capacitance and significantly increasing communication bandwidth between different parts of a chip.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026

Slicing the chicken speeds up the flavor exchange and shortens the cook time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Houston thrives when it shortens the field and avoids asking the offense to sustain long drives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025

Going downhill, she shortens her step, keeps centered, not leaning forward.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Indeed, it was also encouraging how Rogers, whose pre-season was shortened by his involvement in England's run to third place at the World Cup, looked so fit and powerful.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

In a theatrical economy defined by divided and shortened attention spans, that can be serious currency.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

The contract was eventually settled and the 1995 season was played on a shortened schedule of 144 games, not the full 162-game slate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

TerraPower received a construction license in March for a project in Wyoming after a shortened review period of about 18 months—but it took 1,000 engineers to make that happen, Chief Executive Chris Levesque said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out into the darkness beyond tomorrow.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Novo Nordisk, the Danish drug giant behind Ozempic, is streamlining its corporate culture and shortening its name as it tries to better compete in the market for weight-loss drugs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

It appeared as cooking oil, frying fat, shortening, salad dressing, mayonnaise and an inconspicuous ingredient in packaged foods.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Taken together, the evidence indicates that the strongest crustal shortening and collision-related deformation in the Northern Andes had mostly ended before the late Miocene.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Investors who are uncomfortable with ongoing volatility might consider shortening their portfolio duration rather than exiting fixed income entirely, said Willcox.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

And then we would be off to the station, hand in hand, I lengthening my strides and he shortening his to keep in step.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom