short
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Stern: I find it striking that these petitions are often really short and straightforward and anyone can read and understand them.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Sarah from Hertfordshire realised that her family would have to cut their week-long holiday in Bordeaux short because of the smoke.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
With chips in short supply, manufacturers are raising prices on everything from iPhones and computers to cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“You are dealing with imperfect information. So the mindset is to take down the exposure if it is the beginning of the end. We have a short leash on these stocks,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
She was short, pushing five feet if she were lucky, but looked strong with working hands and black hair tied back into a braid, a hairnet covering the top of her head.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The white gloves are an obvious tell, even before you even get to early film shorts that the House of Mouse would rather you forget or overlook altogether.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Wearing shorts and a T-shirt, he said he felt revitalised by returning to the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
These changing rules have prompted myriad workplace debates: Is it OK to wear shorts to an interview?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
And all the while, stocks kept climbing—even those Quadir considered surefire shorts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Ridge was still wearing Beejee’s old cargo shorts with the book tucked inside.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Some cycles are longer or shorter than others, and their intensity can vary considerably.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Since Disney introduced Lightning Lanes in 2021, debate has raged over whether letting people pay for shorter waits is savvy crowd management or nickel-and-diming that divides people by income.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Alan Scott, Legacy Effects’ co-founder, said 3-D printing has become central to the company’s survival in an industry where budgets are tighter and deadlines are shorter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Experts say a shorter break would help children maintain a sense of structure that would make it easier to continue learning once the new school year starts.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The new sound wave is shorter, so its frequency is higher.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
The Tour’s top prize, the yellow jersey, goes to the rider with the shortest composite time over three weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
But what followed was one of the shortest honeymoon periods in British political history.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
"A process is underway... to approve all pending applications in the shortest time possible."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
They also used the shortest path in a non-Riemannian space to account for diminishing returns in color perception, another effect that had not been fully captured by the older approach.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026
Every year, in every grade, he’s been the shortest kid.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 8-10
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