shorten
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“This shift will also reduce competing rail traffic and shorten potential weather-related delays for other carriers, including Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and freight trains, that operate along the beachfront corridor near San Clemente.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Carney has said that he aims to narrow the review process for projects and shorten the process to one year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
As the Sun gets lower in the sky and the days shorten, temperatures generally fall as we head further into autumn.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Human muscle fibers can shorten by comparable proportions, but the process takes about 10 times longer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
They agreed to nearly double the workers’ wages and shorten the workday.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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The results therefore do not show that taking a tyrosine supplement shortens lifespan.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
That window shortens to one hour if air conditioning fails during summer heat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The high numbers have rekindled concerns about overcrowding on the mountain, especially if poor weather shortens the climbing window.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
That means they will be hoping to come to an agreement with Red Bull that shortens that timeframe.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Going downhill, she shortens her step, keeps centered, not leaning forward.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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President Lee Jae Myung hailed the successful voyage, saying it "shortened the one-way sailing time by 10 days compared with the conventional route via the Suez Canal".
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Solar can’t fill the winter power gap because of “snow, clouds, and shortened daylight hours,” the grid operator says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
News of his shortened prison stint comes as reports of Combs’ special lifestyle have emerged in a report by NBC News published Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The series was shortened to four Tests because of the inaugural men's World Cup earlier in the summer.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In time, his left leg had shortened and he had to wear a special shoe with an enormous platform that he made himself.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton had previously objected to the shortening of race distances.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The Danish drugmaker is shortening its name to Novo, but it will take more than a lean rebrand to win back Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Novo Nordisk, the Danish drug giant behind Ozempic, is streamlining its corporate culture and shortening its name as it tries to better compete in the market for weight-loss drugs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Taken together, the evidence indicates that the strongest crustal shortening and collision-related deformation in the Northern Andes had mostly ended before the late Miocene.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
He eased back ever so slightly on the reins and felt the horse’s stride come up under him, shortening.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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