short form

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Oracle is the cloud provider for TikTok, a short-form video app that faced threats of a ban in the United States because it’s owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Staying competitive is "not just about being competitive with one another, it's being competitive with short-form video and that's sort of the direction you'll see them going towards," Harrington says.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Melissa McCarthy is no stranger to dropping into a short-form entertainment format and blowing audiences away with her comedic talents; she does it all the time when she guest hosts on “Saturday Night Live.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

When my friends asked me why I preferred TikTok to Reels, their short-form platform of choice, I said, “My TikTok algorithm knows me better than I know myself.”

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

In some instances, no short-form name exists - then the long-form name must serve for all usages.

From The 1992 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency