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shorten

[shawr-tn] / ˈʃɔr tn /


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For Albano, Trent Park is "on a par in terms of the military intelligence that was gained and... was used by the British government to shorten the length of the Second World War".

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

By producing clearer images more quickly, the new antenna could shorten scan times while giving physicians greater confidence in their diagnoses.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

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

Because you would start collecting benefits seven years later than in Scenario No. 1, we need to shorten the investment period from 25 years to 18 years.

From MarketWatch Jul. 3, 2026

And so she began to teach him mathematics—she called it “maths” and he called it “math” and so they agreed not to shorten the word.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This not only creates more room for components but also shortens wiring distances, reducing parasitic capacitance and significantly increasing communication bandwidth between different parts of a chip.

From Science Daily May 30, 2026

The high number of climbers has rekindled concerns about overcrowding on the mountain -- especially if poor weather shortens the climbing window.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

That density shortens iteration cycles, improves yields, accelerates ramp-up and compounds tacit knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

That means they will be hoping to come to an agreement with Red Bull that shortens that timeframe.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Going downhill, she shortens her step, keeps centered, not leaning forward.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

Setting aside the shortened 2020 season, Rendon averaged just 51 games per season from 2021 through 2024.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

Here’s what you need to know about how schedules are impacted during the shortened work week and over the holiday weekend.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

Her real name, Purity, got shortened to “Pretty” years ago.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Analysts at investment banks connected to listing companies can now publish research alongside company prospectuses, shortening the IPO process by seven days, the Financial Conduct Authority said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Later studies by Wagner's group and other scientists showed that this shortening occurs across many types of cancer and may help tumors adapt, survive, and escape treatment.

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 Synopsys’ 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

By shortening the intestines and decreasing their energy consumption, cooking inadvertently opened the way to the jumbo brains of Neanderthals and Sapiens.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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