shortcut

Example Sentences

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Supplements can have a role in healthy ageing, but they are not a shortcut.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Microsoft says it built the model "from scratch" with "no distillation" of rival models -- a common shortcut that involves copying a competitor's outputs to train a new system more cheaply and quickly.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Kieron Sharp, chairman of FACT, said illegal streaming was "not a harmless shortcut".

From BBC • May 23, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

The shortcut shaved off nearly eight thousand miles for ships traveling from New York to California.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple