- present participle of shorten.
shortening
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WIPO, the UN patent and innovation agency, said AI was shortening the paths of discovery and fuelling much of the world's economic growth.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
One phrase highlighted in her research is "incompetent cervix" used to describe the shortening of the cervix that can increase risks of pregnancy loss and early birth.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Chronic stress linked to everyday life may leave a lasting physical mark on the heart, potentially damaging cardiovascular health and shortening lifespan.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Novo Nordisk, the Danish drug giant behind Ozempic, is streamlining its corporate culture and shortening its name as it tries to better compete in the market for weight-loss drugs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Ba had found his tongue and was explaining that the fair weather had sped up his ship, shortening the time at sea.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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“Fats and shortenings are absolutely critical to pies,” says Ernest Miller, research and development chef at Coast Packing Co., a major supplier of animal fats and shortenings for cooking, baking and frying based in Vernon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2017
Anna Wierzbicka, a linguistics professor at the Australian National University, has said the country’s love affair with such shortenings reflects cherished ideals like “mateship,” humor, informality and a dislike for “long words.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2017
“You must like to decipher lousy handwriting, shortenings and a text without punctuation. You have to know the vocabulary of the 19th century,” Kutzer said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 2, 2017
At fault are the so-called trans monounsaturated fatty acids used as hardeners in margarines, shortenings and commercial frying fats.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Tyranny constrains the writer to shortenings of diameter which are increases of strength.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike