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Solar can’t fill the winter power gap because of “snow, clouds, and shortened daylight hours,” the grid operator says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Time in the jailhouse for the “Mo Money Mo Problems” rapper has been shortened several times this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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
Then the shortened sheet was copied again, producing a full-sized page with blank white space where the “Top Secret” stamps had been.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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