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in short

adverb as in briefly

adverb as in in brief

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Dell’s third-quarter earnings beat Wall Street estimates, but revenue came in short of expectations.

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New laws expected to come in next year will mean a reduction in short custodial sentences and more community-based punishment.

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A CMO role in sports can offer executives a more meaningful job than the corporate hamster wheel—but glamour and predictability can be in short supply.

It was all rather unsettling to think about; in short, it would be a relief to get away from Ashton Place for a while—and to London!

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The partnership also highlights how AI upstarts like Anthropic are diversifying to ensure they have as much cloud capacity and compute power at a time when both are in short supply.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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