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

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

The cycles of our obsession are shortening, after all.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Among them are the corn-fed chicken itself; modified cornstarch; mono-, tri-, and diglycerides; dextrose; lecithin; yellow corn flour; regular cornstarch; vegetable shortening; partially hydrogenated corn oil.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan