shortest
Example Sentences
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Florida firefighter sets record as shortest woman in profession.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Gay was president for six months, the shortest stretch in the institution’s history, before resigning at the start of 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The controversy arose from the fact that there was a 77-centimetre discrepancy between the officially measured distance of the pit lane and the real shortest route a driver could legally take.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
It did find that privately insured patients experienced the shortest delays, but those for Medicare patients were only minimally different from the privately insured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
As in geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
