in shorthand
idiom
: using symbols or abbreviations for sounds, words, or phrases
notes written in shorthand
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Despite Manufacturing Weakness Material handling data was strong and improved in the Apr. 1, 2025, release of the March 2025 MHI Business Activity Index by Prestige Economics — known in shorthand as the MHI BAI.
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Jason Schenker, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Material handling data was strong but slowed in the Mar. 3, 2025, release of the February 2025 MHI Business Activity Index by Prestige Economics — known in shorthand as the MHI BAI.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Recent material handling data have also been mixed, including in the Jan. 6, 2025 release of the December 2024 MHI Business Activity Index by Prestige Economics — known in shorthand as the MHI BAI.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Material handling data also falls in the mixed-to-weak data category following the September 30 release of the MHI Business Activity Index by Prestige Economics — known in shorthand as the MHI BAI.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
And, over and over again, executives told me that the European Union’s climate disclosure rule—known in shorthand as CSRD—would act as a game changer.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 28 Sep. 2024
New designs called small modular reactors, or SMR in shorthand, promise to speed deployment of new plants as demand for clean electricity is rising from artificial intelligence, manufacturing and electric vehicles.
—Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024
Three seasons — and more than half a decade — into working together, the two can communicate in shorthand.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2024
The city—known in shorthand as CDMX, for Ciudad de México—has a long tradition of welcoming Americans fleeing political, social or artistic repression.
—Tony Perrottet, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
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Jason Schenker, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Material handling data was strong but slowed in the Mar. 3, 2025, release of the February 2025 MHI Business Activity Index by Prestige Economics — known in shorthand as the MHI BAI.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Recent material handling data have also been mixed, including in the Jan. 6, 2025 release of the December 2024 MHI Business Activity Index by Prestige Economics — known in shorthand as the MHI BAI.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Material handling data also falls in the mixed-to-weak data category following the September 30 release of the MHI Business Activity Index by Prestige Economics — known in shorthand as the MHI BAI.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
And, over and over again, executives told me that the European Union’s climate disclosure rule—known in shorthand as CSRD—would act as a game changer.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 28 Sep. 2024
New designs called small modular reactors, or SMR in shorthand, promise to speed deployment of new plants as demand for clean electricity is rising from artificial intelligence, manufacturing and electric vehicles.
—Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024
Three seasons — and more than half a decade — into working together, the two can communicate in shorthand.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2024
The city—known in shorthand as CDMX, for Ciudad de México—has a long tradition of welcoming Americans fleeing political, social or artistic repression.
—Tony Perrottet, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
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