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Last year, California’s Great America, a Silicon Valley park operated by Six Flags Entertainment, had to cut its workforce and shorten its season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Its policies aim to reduce material consumption, shorten the workweek, and impose caps on personal income.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Do you need to alter your plans? Drive instead of fly, or shorten a stay?”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Based on genetic analyses, the researchers estimated that elevated tyrosine levels could shorten men's lifespan by nearly one year.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
Specifically, the length would shorten as you moved away from the poles.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
That means they will be hoping to come to an agreement with Red Bull that shortens that timeframe.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
The Kharg Island mission might make sense if it strikes a decisive blow that shortens the war and secures America’s strategic interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
That approach shortens supply chains, satisfies local regulations, and stabilizes market access.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Houston thrives when it shortens the field and avoids asking the offense to sustain long drives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
“The king shortens no man’s shadow, though he may try,” Estraven remarked, and the cook looked satisfied.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Officiating deficiencies have led to canceled games and shortened seasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Whether in its original eight-mile guise, or the shortened 4.3-mile version used since 1983, it has a combination of flowing, high and medium-speed corners matched by very few circuits in the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Even when we accounted for the fact that they were awake longer when sleep was shortened, participants spent more time being inactive than when they got adequate sleep," Zuraikat says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
This interview has been shortened and edited for clarity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
“With her constitution she should have lived to a good old age: her life was shortened by trouble.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
By binding to that location, the tool prevented cancer cells from reaching and shortening the end, or tail, of the molecule.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Friday’s stock-market action might have made for a shortening of memories.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
It expands the simulation in Syopsys’ chip design software to include electrical, thermal, electromagnetic, and mechanical effects, shortening the chip design pipeline for the increasingly complex architectures coming from AI chip makers.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Before the CAZ was introduced, the council said air pollution was responsible for shortening the lives of about 900 people per year.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
“I thought you were going to tell your speech to that man,” said Jo, rudely shortening her sister’s little reverie.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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