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Carney has said that he aims to narrow the review process for projects and shorten the process to one year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
As the Sun gets lower in the sky and the days shorten, temperatures generally fall as we head further into autumn.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Though the government announced last month that it would shorten the work day for public sector employees to ease the electricity crisis, several parts of Caracas have begun experiencing power cuts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
According to the researchers' estimates, higher tyrosine could shorten male lifespan by nearly one year.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
To shorten and adapt Wells’s novel, Koch cut its female characters.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
The results therefore do not show that taking a tyrosine supplement shortens lifespan.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
That means they will be hoping to come to an agreement with Red Bull that shortens that timeframe.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
The Kharg Island mission might make sense if it strikes a decisive blow that shortens the war and secures America’s strategic interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Houston thrives when it shortens the field and avoids asking the offense to sustain long drives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
“The king shortens no man’s shadow, though he may try,” Estraven remarked, and the cook looked satisfied.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
A magnificent two-volume biography of Charles Darwin has been shortened into a marvel of economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Mild cognitive impairment, often shortened to MCI, describes measurable problems with memory or thinking that are greater than expected with normal aging but do not necessarily interfere substantially with everyday life.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Scrapping a law that could have shortened a man's prison sentence because he committed murder as a child was not a breach of human rights, the Supreme Court has ruled.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
It doesn’t get easier after a shortened bye week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Clayton heard pages turning around him, so he rejoined Pablo de Pablo on his journey and shortened his chant to “Stay awake, man. Stay awake.”
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
WIPO, the UN patent and innovation agency, said AI was shortening the paths of discovery and fuelling much of the world's economic growth.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
One phrase highlighted in her research is "incompetent cervix" used to describe the shortening of the cervix that can increase risks of pregnancy loss and early birth.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
But it advised against shortening the time to a degree to three years or leaning in to online education, and instead suggested establishing a task force to develop a new tuition model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Novo Nordisk, the Danish drug giant behind Ozempic, is streamlining its corporate culture and shortening its name as it tries to better compete in the market for weight-loss drugs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
And then we would be off to the station, hand in hand, I lengthening my strides and he shortening his to keep in step.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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