- plural of short.
shorts
Example Sentences
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Andre Agassi was a Maverick who bucked trends in the late 1980s and early ’90s with neon spandex under jean shorts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Rake-thin men, their shorts made many sizes too big by hunger, pick through mountains of trash for food, plastic or anything they might be able to use or sell.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
I have seen genuinely funny and ingenious A.I.-produced shorts on my feeds, many of them likely helmed with a fraction of the compute and app deployment needed at Fairground.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
But she also noted that Gen Z was pairing them with running shorts, or otherwise finding new ways to wear them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I mean, I don’t have any shorts that will fit you or anything, but I might have a shirt.”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
