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Software companies are using AI to improve productivity, shorten development cycles and automate business processes, Eastspring writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

“This shift will also reduce competing rail traffic and shorten potential weather-related delays for other carriers, including Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and freight trains, that operate along the beachfront corridor near San Clemente.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Speedier installations shorten the period during which customers incur data center expenses without generating revenue.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

It added: "The IDF does not shorten or forgo examination or investigative procedures in order to meet external timelines."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

At times he wishes he could disguise it, shorten it somehow, the way the other Indian boy in his school, Jayadev, had gotten people to call him Jay.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

This not only creates more room for components but also shortens wiring distances, reducing parasitic capacitance and significantly increasing communication bandwidth between different parts of a chip.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026

That means they will be hoping to come to an agreement with Red Bull that shortens that timeframe.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Slicing the chicken speeds up the flavor exchange and shortens the cook time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

The urgency has grown as his career runway shortens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

Going downhill, she shortens her step, keeps centered, not leaning forward.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Laevo-mandelonitrile-beta-diglucoside had been around since about 1950, thanks to a father-and-son team in California: Ernst T. Krebs Sr. and Jr. It was Krebs Jr. who shortened the name of the apricot-extract concoction to laetrile.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

In his first five months, he has already shortened press conferences and announced fewer rate-setting meetings starting next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Formula 1 grands prix will return to their standard distance in 2028 after the maximum length was shortened for next season.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Staphylococcus aureus, often shortened to S. aureus, is particularly important in modern medicine because it can cause serious infections.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Kaisha was named after her grandmother; Rawiya shared a name with an aunt on her mother’s side; and Reg’s shortened name helped him feel like he wasn’t just a copy of his older brother.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

It would change the state’s landmark environmental review process, the California Environmental Quality Act, by shortening deadlines and permitting rules for public and private development projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Both measures can lower costs by shortening shipping distances and reducing packaging, making it even harder to determine how much of the savings comes from newer AI systems.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton had previously objected to the shortening of race distances.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Higher temperatures were shortening the lucrative winter season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A lump rises in the base of my throat, tightening my airway and shortening my breaths to shallow gulps.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day