shorten
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By the time the district agreed to shorten the punishment, he’d already served 11 days.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
For Albano, Trent Park is "on a par in terms of the military intelligence that was gained and... was used by the British government to shorten the length of the Second World War".
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Small peptides are often broken down quickly in the body, which can shorten their effects.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 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
She’d not been able to shorten the fourteen-year term.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
Their method dramatically shortens the processing required after a restoration comes out of the printer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 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 high number of climbers has rekindled concerns about overcrowding on the mountain -- especially if poor weather shortens the climbing window.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Slicing the chicken speeds up the flavor exchange and shortens the cook time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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
It has also shortened working hours and reduced the number of staff present in some locations.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
In a theatrical economy defined by divided and shortened attention spans, that can be serious currency.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
The court will institute accommodations for Jeffries’s age and potential for fatigue, including shortened days and frequent breaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The contract was eventually settled and the 1995 season was played on a shortened schedule of 144 games, not the full 162-game slate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
An apostrophe can show where letters have been dropped in a shortened word or phrase.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
His grand goal was to reduce flooding, ease navigation and expand commercial shipping capacity by straightening the river’s course and shortening the distance between Basel and Bonn by 50 miles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
By binding to that location, the tool prevented cancer cells from reaching and shortening the end, or tail, of the molecule.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Oil tankers and cargo ships use it to reach the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, shortening journeys between Asia and Europe and North America by thousands of kilometres.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
But with rooftop temperatures now well over 35C and in full sun, they have been shortening their working days this week.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Among them are the corn-fed chicken itself; modified cornstarch; mono-, tri-, and diglycerides; dextrose; lecithin; yellow corn flour; regular cornstarch; vegetable shortening; partially hydrogenated corn oil.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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