shorten
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By producing clearer images more quickly, the new antenna could shorten scan times while giving physicians greater confidence in their diagnoses.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Last year, California’s Great America, a Silicon Valley park operated by Six Flags Entertainment, had to cut its workforce and shorten its season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Because you would start collecting benefits seven years later than in Scenario No. 1, we need to shorten the investment period from 25 years to 18 years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
Along with more money for counties and expanded voter education efforts, Romero suggested steps to shorten the California timeline for certifying results.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
I didn’t want you to have to shorten it or lighten it in any way.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
That density shortens iteration cycles, improves yields, accelerates ramp-up and compounds tacit knowledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
That means they will be hoping to come to an agreement with Red Bull that shortens that timeframe.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 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 drug has received what’s known as a Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher, a controversial new program that dramatically shortens drug approval timelines.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 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
Whether in its original eight-mile guise, or the shortened 4.3-mile version used since 1983, it has a combination of flowing, high and medium-speed corners matched by very few circuits in the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Even when we accounted for the fact that they were awake longer when sleep was shortened, participants spent more time being inactive than when they got adequate sleep," Zuraikat says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
This interview has been shortened and edited for clarity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Here’s what you need to know about how schedules are impacted during the shortened work week and over the holiday weekend.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
As the hoofbeats grew nearer, she pulled her sun- bonnet farther down over her face and shortened the length of her steps, edging over to the side of the narrow road, hitching along.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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
“AI is in the midst of a capex boom with genuine risks: uncertain monetization, potential overbuild, shortening asset lives, and growing reliance on debt.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
The cycles of our obsession are shortening, after all.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
“I thought you were going to tell your speech to that man,” said Jo, rudely shortening her sister’s little reverie.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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