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short

[shawrt] / ʃɔrt /




ADJECTIVE
crumbly
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Long story short – we do not know yet.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Clear forward guidance should strengthen the link between short rates, which the Fed controls, and medium and long rates, which it doesn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

In that relatively short time, we come to understand many things about Holmes and Evans.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

This unusually rapid growth may offer clues to how some black holes became extraordinarily massive during the relatively short time available in the early universe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

We left through the lot’s side exit and walked a short distance to a huge warehouse.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Early musical shorts like “Morning Walk” and “Danielleanika” lean into his stoic, awkward persona as he pretends to rap or sing a passionate love song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Some mechanical derisking saw those funds decrease long positions and increase shorts or bets against stocks last week, likely to “preserve what has been a good year,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Evidence provided by Adidas included side-by-side comparisons of its products with White Fox clothes which include sweatpants and lounge shorts, as well as images of billboards on buses and at bus stops.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The constant flux of TikTok clips, Instagram reels and YouTube shorts running through our social-media feeds isn’t only zapping our attention spans, it’s altering how we perceive time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

In my closet I pulled on my lime green shorts and looked at myself in the mirror.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

The drive home to North Hollywood is considerably shorter than the drive to Long Beach because the freeways are mostly empty at that late hour, and he uses that time to decompress and relax.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Shows in Vegas tend to be on the shorter side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Compared with humans, marmosets have a shorter overall period during which these cells can multiply rapidly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Lower customer footfall, shorter operating hours because of curfew and higher security costs led to the guiance cut, the grocer said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Until about fourteen, girls wore shorter dresses that showed their feet and ankles.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Florida firefighter sets record as shortest woman in profession.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Dodgers left-handed starting pitcher Tarik Skubal pitched only five innings, tied for his shortest start with the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Banton then took on the charge, clubbing four sixes in his 24-ball knock as England remain unbeaten in the shortest format this summer.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The canal "opens up the shortest, most economical and most convenient route" to Southeast Asia and will boost economic development, Xinhua said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

If she had been able to follow her nose, that is, to take the shortest route to where Mr. Ages lived, her journey would have been easy enough.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien


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