shorthand
Example Sentences
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Colin pointed out that she has her own coded form of shorthand.
From Literature
This book takes aim at what the author calls the “therapy-speak” that means well but creates an unhelpful shorthand for the more complicated problems crying out for a better means of expression.
From Los Angeles Times
“Put another way, PE multiples are shorthand measures of investor confidence in future earnings power, built on a bedrock of predictably supportive government policy.”
From Barron's
No wonder mud became “shorthand for the miseries of poverty,” Ms. Ziegelman writes.
Not long ago, the “Mar-a-Lago face” seemed inescapable — a viral shorthand for an exaggerated cosmetic aesthetic marked by heavy bronzing, sharply sculpted cheeks, overly plumped lips and high-gloss polish.
From Salon
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