shorten

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Based on genetic analyses, the researchers estimated that elevated tyrosine levels could shorten men's lifespan by nearly one year.

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

He also thinks the new chair may shorten the postmeeting press conference and may reconsider whether to hold them after every meeting.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

He could also shorten the length of his press conference, from the roughly 45 minutes typically seen under his predecessor Jerome Powell.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 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

Once people began to produce food and become sedentary, they could shorten the birth spacing and produce still more people, requiring still more food.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond