shorthand

Example Sentences

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Both the Nuremberg shorthand and Mr. Deluzio’s claim miss the mark: There is no general, affirmative legal duty to disobey an unlawful order.

From The Wall Street Journal

And it’s not exactly a puzzle how gravy made the leap from kitchen staple to shorthand for little luxuries.

From Salon

Minka Kelly plays a hotshot executive — shorthand for misguided, unfulfilled — out to acquire a French Champagne vineyard.

From Los Angeles Times

Food becomes a visual shorthand for connection, a way of grounding an immortal creature to the earth and to the fragile, frightened humans who move through it.

From Salon

I thought it was such an immediate shorthand for who Nile is.

From Los Angeles Times