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

The shortest month of the year came with plenty of drama for the stock market.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Somehow Lacey got shotgun, although she was the shortest of us.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green