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

He pulled off the parchment, unrolled it, and saw the shortest letter Sirius had ever written to him.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling