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shorten

[shawr-tn] / ˈʃɔr tn /


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Shorten the distance between you and your healthy habit.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023

Shorten the sample to April 21, he’s hitting .462 with four doubles and four multi-hit games.

From Washington Times • May 2, 2022

“I think that is pretty hyper-excited language and I am not sure our senior public servants should be using that language,” Labor party lawmaker Bill Shorten told Australia’s Channel 9.

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2021

Senior opposition lawmaker Bill Shorten described Pezzullo’s reference to “drums of war” as “pretty hyperexcited language.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2021

Shorten that interval, break down all those old unnecessary barriers.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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