shorthand

Example Sentences

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Among the young, "hegemony" has slipped into everyday speech, shorthand for India's long shadow over Bangladesh.

From BBC

To this day, a 1,000-point swing by the Dow is still shorthand for a big day in the market—at least among investing veterans.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Crawfie was ostracized as a result, and ‘doing a Crawfie’ became the shorthand term for any Palace employee who betrayed intimate family details for financial gain.”

From The Wall Street Journal

While Thorne notes that the title of the book has become a shorthand for the "evilness of boys," the story and its characters are far more complex, he says.

From BBC

Colin pointed out that she has her own coded form of shorthand.

From Literature