shorthand
Example Sentences
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Fast food has increasingly become fashion, entertainment, identity and political shorthand.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
As they craft, artisans chant aloud the design code handwritten on a strip of paper known as talim -- shorthand of ancient symbols for numbers and colours -- knotting the threads string by string.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
That technique slashes an AI model’s memory usage—such as in a chatbot conversation—by creating a shorthand version of what has gone before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Hawkish” is the market shorthand for central-bank officials focused on raising rates to control inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
It was so common that out on the corner we had a sign for it, a shorthand, clapping your wrists together like you were being put in handcuffs.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Vocabulary lists containing shorthand
When You Reach Me
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The Boy Who Dared
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