shortcut

Example Sentences

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These voices insist that it isn’t “real cooking” unless everything is homemade, that shortcuts signify failure, and that feeding yourself—or others—this way reflects some deeper shortcoming.

From Salon

Beijing views future sea routes through the High North as a shortcut for global commerce, a so-called Polar Silk Road.

From The Wall Street Journal

For now, she says, it's reasonable to enjoy the ritual for how it makes you feel, without assuming it's a guaranteed shortcut to better health.

From BBC

The records depict harried disaster workers appearing to take dangerous shortcuts that could leave hazardous pollution and endanger thousands of survivors poised to return to these communities.

From Los Angeles Times

Its builders have refused modern shortcuts, instead relying on traditional shipbuilding methods once used by Indian seafarers.

From Barron's