shortcut

Example Sentences

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For more than 40 years, train passengers arriving into Aberdeen looking for a shortcut into the city centre have faced a notoriously tiring 32-step climb.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“You can spend huge amounts of money on satellites, but you cannot shortcut spectrum and licensing in the same way,” Shay Boloor, chief market strategist at Futurum Equities, told MarketWatch via email.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Parents can manage quiet hours and an approved contacts list from an app, and turn on a shortcut for emergency services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

What emerges isn’t a shortcut so much as a shift in architecture.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

He exited the store and circled around back, taking a shortcut to get back to the apartment complex.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai