shorten
Example Sentences
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Ba had found his tongue and was explaining that the fair weather had sped up his ship, shortening the time at sea.
From Literature
The year that Mr. Gifford competed, even more extreme heat led to the race being shortened to 75 miles.
They shorten phrases like "inclusive representation" to "inclush-representash" and urge her to adopt the hashtag "wheely in love" to help it go viral.
From BBC
In endogamous populations, such variants can occur 100 to 1,000 times as often as in more outbred populations, shortening the time and cost required to find them.
That debate ramped up during the pandemic, when some studios shortened theatrical exclusivity periods in order to move films to release for video on demand or streaming.
From Los Angeles Times
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