shortening

Example Sentences

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Friday’s stock-market action might have made for a shortening of memories.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The heat was shortening the life of his produce as surely as it was shortening the market day.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

It expands the simulation in Synopsys’ chip design software to include electrical, thermal, electromagnetic, and mechanical effects, shortening the chip design pipeline for the increasingly complex architectures coming from AI chip makers.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The cycles of our obsession are shortening, after all.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

The recipe was guaranteed not to fail by the company which made the shortening.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck