short
Example Sentences
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Sea ice is remaining attached to Alaska's northern coastline for shorter periods each year, based on 27 years of data analyzed by scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
From Science Daily
It remains to be seen whether those offers materialise after a campaign in which Wales excited and had chances to qualify automatically, but ultimately fell short.
From BBC
That means relatively few short sellers are willing to consider them, which in turn means that they most likely are trading for more than they would otherwise.
From MarketWatch
If reserves of crude remain contained within their respective countries, Southeast Asia could be short of 2 million to 3 million barrels of crude daily.
From MarketWatch
Kilgore from “Apocalypse Now” and two parts Henery Hawk, the short, brash Looney Tunes character that was always trying to capture the much larger Foghorn Leghorn.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
