How to Use short-form in a Sentence
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The short-form races were among the few clear growth stories.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 June 2026
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This doesn't mean artists need to abandon short-form content or playlists.
—Sam Saideman, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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Before Slushy Noobz, both made short-form videos on their own.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026
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For example, turn a strong idea into a short-form post.
—Sun Yi, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
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One contributing factor may be the rise of short-form content.
—Ulrich Boser, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
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If that nuance got lost in a short-form video, that’s worth acknowledging.
—Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
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Use short-form to capture attention, but convert through longer-form content where trust is built.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
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The data also pushes back against the idea that short-form video has overtaken longer content.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 June 2026
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ReelShort is a streaming service that produces short-form videos for the social media age.
—Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
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The story is told across nine innings of baseball and consists of 17 short-form, social-first episodes.
—William Earl, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
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So is the ad market for creator and short-form video, another potential growth area for the streamer.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
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Marija is an executive at a company that pumps out short-form video slop.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
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Burnham’s short-form videos are notably better than Labour’s current efforts.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
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ByteDance and Kuaishou have absolute control over short-form vertical video.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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Its streaming app hosts short-form true crime audio and video shows that are fully AI-generated.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
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The company produces podcasts, long-form and short-form original content.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
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Audio Flux is a home for innovative, short-form audio and bold storytelling.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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The short-form content, engineered for a vertical phone screen, has drawn comparisons to a new addictive form of soap opera.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
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The modern world, particularly those youngest viewers, seeks short-form content, often through smart phones and tablets.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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The company believes short-form previews can directly convert into full-length views.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
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The competition that worries him isn't Disney or Pixar, though, but short-form content.
—ABC News, 19 June 2026
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The surge in video podcasting, short-form clips, and consumption on smart TVs is reshaping the landscape.
—Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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One of the big themes at APOS this year is the explosive growth of vertical and short-form content.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
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The early days of CoComelon were built around short-form videos, with musical lullabies.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
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Young people today have never experienced a world without ubiquitous short-form video.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
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Green is hopeful that listeners take time to absorb the record as a whole, a tough task in an age when attention-spans are dwindling and short-form social content is king.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026
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Social-media platforms are filled with short-form videos that clumsily grapple with stigmas surrounding height supremacy.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
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The plan calls for a fresh short to premiere on the platform each month, with the goal of building an audience and community around independent short-form work.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 July 2026
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Yeah, so the distinction between short-form content as a category versus clips as a category.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, short-form content viewed on Peacock mobile increased 257% year over year.
—Jacqueline Jevtich, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
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