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

Truss's position at fifth in the table belies her record as the shortest serving prime minister.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

A geodesic describes the shortest path between two points.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

The first time Dorothy Vaughan traveled the road between Farmville and Newport News was far from the last, though the unrelenting pace of research at Langley made anything but the shortest trips home impossible.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly