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

“The blood test is not a shortcut for the average person,” Pasricha said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 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

If a recipe offered a shortcut, I generally regarded it with suspicion.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Hazel remembered what Phineas had said in Portland—how he had had a shortcut back from death, thanks to Gaea.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan