short of
preposition
: other than
especially
: of a lesser degree than
had few options short of replacing the motor
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For instance, if the underlying stock falls short of the strike price, the premium can provide some cushion on the downside.
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Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 22 July 2024
The follow-up film is just short of clearing the $600 million mark in North America with ticket sales at $596.4 million.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 July 2024
Though they were drafted to different teams earlier this year — Clark to the Indiana Fever and Reese to the Chicago Sky — during Saturday’s All-Star game, the pair had a common opponent: the U.S. Olympic team, which Clark fell just short of making earlier this summer.
—Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024
Recent calls for unity, followed closely by Trump and his allies with further inflammatory language (and fund-raising appeals!), fall well short of a change of heart even in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt that could have taken his life.
—Don Kusler, The Mercury News, 20 July 2024
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Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 22 July 2024
The follow-up film is just short of clearing the $600 million mark in North America with ticket sales at $596.4 million.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 July 2024
Though they were drafted to different teams earlier this year — Clark to the Indiana Fever and Reese to the Chicago Sky — during Saturday’s All-Star game, the pair had a common opponent: the U.S. Olympic team, which Clark fell just short of making earlier this summer.
—Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024
Recent calls for unity, followed closely by Trump and his allies with further inflammatory language (and fund-raising appeals!), fall well short of a change of heart even in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt that could have taken his life.
—Don Kusler, The Mercury News, 20 July 2024
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“Short of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short%20of. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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