shortcut

Example Sentences

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Supplements can have a role in healthy ageing, but they are not a shortcut.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Microsoft says it built the model "from scratch" with "no distillation" of rival models -- a common shortcut that involves copying a competitor's outputs to train a new system more cheaply and quickly.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

That shortcut should be reserved for situations where there is no observable transaction between a willing buyer and a willing seller.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

For more than 40 years, train passengers arriving into Aberdeen looking for a shortcut into the city centre have faced a notoriously tiring 32-step climb.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

It would be impossible to sort out a stranger who was simply taking a shortcut by walking across the field from one with bad intentions.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John