shortcut
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There’s no shortcut for getting proper advice for your specific financial situation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
What if the producer on your next record says, “Hey, here’s a little shortcut we can use”? We already use little shortcuts — Auto-Tune is one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Angela Jain, head of content at Disney+ EMEA, said Higgins' name was a "shortcut" for a tone that is "cheeky, fun, witty, and warm".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
That remembered action can serve as a mental shortcut, making the same choice more likely to happen again.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
And that was in a circular patch of red volcanic chips that hurt Dell's feet, even when he wore thick-soled shoes and was just trying to take a shortcut to the always- strange-smelling stairwell.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Mr. Hoser beat him to the punch, and this provoked the bested professional to write an article complaining that amateur herpetologists took shortcuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
What if the producer on your next record says, “Hey, here’s a little shortcut we can use”? We already use little shortcuts — Auto-Tune is one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Experts, however, advise moderation — saying that regular old water and a balanced diet generally suffice against a backdrop of wellness shortcuts and health hacks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Somewhere along the way, I suppose I, too, absorbed the idea that there were shortcuts worth sharing and shortcuts better left unmentioned.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The front door had remained unlocked for him, but on the third floor he met Peeves and only narrowly avoided detection by diving sideways through one of his shortcuts.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
