shorten
Example Sentences
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They plan to shorten waits for gynaecology care, have fewer painful procedures without informed consent or pain relief choices, and provide easier access to contraception.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Both have express tees that shorten them to less than 5,000 yards, and the family golf program allows children under 15 to play free.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Eccentric exercise focuses on the phase when muscles lengthen rather than shorten.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
There was a machinery working to shorten his punishment.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
Day after day was like this, and we began to shorten our hauls, for by midafternoon both of us would be sweating and shaking with strain and fatigue.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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