shorten
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The company would say later that Wilson also wanted to shorten the standstill agreement to as little as seven months.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
She'd actually go further and ban short-form video altogether because "they shorten children's attention spans".
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
There was a machinery working to shorten his punishment.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
Policymakers this week cited the impact of rising oil costs because of the Iran war, as countries have had to shorten workweeks, ration cooking fuel and find ways to subsidize the costs for their consumers.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
She’d not been able to shorten the fourteen-year term.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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