shorten

Example Sentences

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"If we can shorten the timeline and help people see benefits sooner, it may encourage them to keep exercising."

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Both have express tees that shorten them to less than 5,000 yards, and the family golf program allows children under 15 to play free.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Businesses, he said, will need to consider whether it's worth the extra costs to shorten travel by just a few days.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

There was a machinery working to shorten his punishment.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 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