shortcut

Example Sentences

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The idea was to give investors a practical shortcut because they often lack information to do the fair-value measurements themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

From the parents’ perspective, they worked 40-plus years, sacrificed, saved 15% of every paycheck, and now their kids want a shortcut.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

This isn’t the first time that someone has tried to use AI as a shortcut, with parlous consequences.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

A little way away, Velutha walked up the shortcut through the rubber trees.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy