shortening

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

WIPO, the UN patent and innovation agency, said AI was shortening the paths of discovery and fuelling much of the world's economic growth.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 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

She ate well and grew fat, until at last the shortening days and cold air urged her to go.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

“Fats and shortenings are absolutely critical to pies,” says Ernest Miller, research and development chef at Coast Packing Co., a major supplier of animal fats and shortenings for cooking, baking and frying based in Vernon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2017

Anna Wierzbicka, a linguistics professor at the Australian National University, has said the country’s love affair with such shortenings reflects cherished ideals like “mateship,” humor, informality and a dislike for “long words.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2017

“You must like to decipher lousy handwriting, shortenings and a text without punctuation. You have to know the vocabulary of the 19th century,” Kutzer said.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 2, 2017

The shipment included a petition asking the FDA to consider approving the substance's use in deep- fried foods, oils, shortenings and salty snacks.

From Time Magazine Archive

At such times a knowledge of "shortenings" is valuable.

From Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill