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The German medical-technology company said the business would rebrand as Olyrian Diagnostics, with plans to make it a standalone company by mid-2028, while Siemens Healthineers itself plans to shorten its name to just Healthineers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

"Unitaid's early risk-taking is helping shorten the time between a scientific breakthrough and real access in countries," added Philippe Duneton, Unitaid's executive director.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Nevertheless, its previous clinical testing could shorten the path toward determining whether this new treatment strategy works in patients.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 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

The merchants all leaned forward as though to shorten the space for the rest of the story to travel.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The results therefore do not show that taking a tyrosine supplement shortens lifespan.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

That window shortens to one hour if air conditioning fails during summer heat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

The problem, Shurety points out, is that longer fire seasons and more rain during cooler months shortens the window that such burns can be carried out.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The urgency has grown as his career runway shortens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

“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

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

The impact blasted debris as far as 10,000 kilometers into space and shortened the asteroid's orbital period around Didymos by roughly 33 minutes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The site also considered affordability, data centre, odyssey, and the shortened form of uncle, "unc", as potential words of the year.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

President Lee Jae Myung hailed the successful voyage, saying it "shortened the one-way sailing time by 10 days compared with the conventional route via the Suez Canal".

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

They also knew that there was a string of DNA at the end of each chromosome called a telomere, which shortened a tiny bit each time a cell divided, like time ticking off a clock.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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

One phrase highlighted in her research is "incompetent cervix" used to describe the shortening of the cervix that can increase risks of pregnancy loss and early birth.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

But it advised against shortening the time to a degree to three years or leaning in to online education, and instead suggested establishing a task force to develop a new tuition model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Some scholars believe there is a direct link between the advent of cooking, the shortening of the human intestinal track, and the growth of the human brain.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari