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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For example, turn a strong idea into a short-form post.
—Sun Yi, Forbes.com, 18 June 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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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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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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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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Young people today have never experienced a world without ubiquitous short-form video.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 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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The new project, which has already started pre-production, will either be a standard show or one optimized for the short-form vertical viewing market.
—William Earl, Variety, 20 July 2026
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Media companies, meanwhile, have adjusted to satiate short-form cravings, too.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
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Showbox plans to use the partnership as a springboard to accelerate its expansion into the global short-form drama market.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 June 2026
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The platform is also bringing advertisers into short-form projects, describing the format as attractive to brands that want rapid turnarounds.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 June 2026
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His additional short-form work includes Hysteric and Mommy.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 15 June 2026
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Disney+ premieres the show during the Annecy festival on June 26, with 22 half-hour episodes, along with a new short-form, four-episode spin-off series.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 22 June 2026
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Where traditional ad-buying stacks treated creators as inventory, a new short-form content marketing firm might treat them as a distributed workforce.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 22 July 2026
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These systems predominantly elevate short-form content in which creators must speak quickly and concisely to get high engagement — limiting those who might opt for this form to make a living.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
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Now, Stahl argues that the prevalence of short-form online content could lead to a similar renaissance if writers embrace the opportunity to hone their crafts around the constraints of the format.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 June 2026
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The company has already begun building a dedicated pipeline around short-form storytelling as the format continues to gain momentum across Asia.
—Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 18 June 2026
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Various short-form web episodes followed later on Funny or Die and as part of a promotional campaign for 2022’s Bros.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 May 2026
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The new deal will also open the door for developing digital short-form content for YouTube and other platforms, in addition to music opportunities.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
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