shorten
Example Sentences
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The package would allow developers to build housing with fewer parking spaces and would shorten timelines for construction-permit reviews.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
"However, given the nature of the matter, the EFL will ask the independent disciplinary commission to shorten the response period and to list a hearing at the earliest opportunity."
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Eccentric exercise focuses on the phase when muscles lengthen rather than shorten.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
There was a machinery working to shorten his punishment.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
As normal cells go through life, their telomeres shorten with each division until they’re almost gone.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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