shortchange

Example Sentences

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‘We don’t want to shortchange our daughter just because the focus seems to be on the boys.’

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

But some economists and academics say that would shortchange taxpayers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

“If prosecutors limited themselves to following laws instead of leading on justice, it would shortchange both public safety and the fairness we seek in our criminal justice system,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

"AustralianSuper is resolute the value and future value of Origin is better in the hands of AustralianSuper members and other shareholders than a private equity consortium planning to shortchange them," the pension fund said.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023

To make sure that workers at state farms do not shortchange the military, the army stations soldiers at all three thousand of them throughout the harvest season.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden