shortcoming
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“I’m glad people are talking about grief now,” she says, “but there’s so much bad information about managing grief, shortcutting grief. I even saw a post about ‘instant grief relief,’ which is absurd.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023
Perhaps that accounts for an impression in “Grace” of some excessive narrative shortcutting.
From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2022
“We’re trying to figure out if we can predict how much shortcutting ants will do given a geometry of their environment,” Garnier said.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2018
“The foundation for this shortcutting starts in childhood, when parents force children to say ‘I’m sorry’ as a way to educate them about appropriate behaviors.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2014
A couple of people wave and call hello, but mostly it’s people shortcutting across the lawns, hurrying to beat the next bell.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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