shortening

Example Sentences

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He has not asked for a commutation, which is a shortening of a criminal sentence being served.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Friday’s stock-market action might have made for a shortening of memories.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

“AI is in the midst of a capex boom with genuine risks: uncertain monetization, potential overbuild, shortening asset lives, and growing reliance on debt.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

It expands the simulation in Synopsys’ chip design software to include electrical, thermal, electromagnetic, and mechanical effects, shortening the chip design pipeline for the increasingly complex architectures coming from AI chip makers.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

This highlights yet another payoff of the passive voice: it can unburden memory by shortening the interval between a filler and a gap.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker