shortest

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Whittaker later recalled that he was the tallest hiker in the group, and Gombu was the shortest.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Dubai crude, which is in shortest supply, already topped $150 last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

When you think about your work and your company, Complexly, you don’t want to squish it down to the shortest version, right?

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

"This equation shows that in a quantum spacetime, particles do not always move exactly along the shortest path between two points, as the classical geodesic equation would predict."

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Once, a few years ago, I tried to get her to call me simply Z, the shortest nickname of all, but it never took.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin