as in to cheat
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
was shortchanged out of a promotion
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Recent Examples of shortchange
According to the Tribe’s attorneys, bank officials shortchanged the trust by picking safe investment strategies, shunning stocks in favor of less volatile but less lucrative money market accounts that didn’t always keep pace with inflation.
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Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025
Ultimately, said Perez, this can shortchange children: They’re being looked after rather than educated.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
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School shutdowns shortchanged America’s children.
—Debra J. Saunders, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
Two years later, the father approached Schaefer when he was again shortchanged on a paycheck, investigators said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
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Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025
Ultimately, said Perez, this can shortchange children: They’re being looked after rather than educated.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Related Articles California’s cities and schools face big budget gaps, few options
Los Angeles spends billions on homelessness with little accountability
Grappling with DOGE: Why cutting waste and fixing entitlements are both essential
School shutdowns shortchanged America’s children.
—Debra J. Saunders, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
Two years later, the father approached Schaefer when he was again shortchanged on a paycheck, investigators said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortchange
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Trouble is, the elder Broadway managed to cheat St. Christopher out of his share of the plunder.—
Joe Leydon,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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Iran's response: cheating and hiding its nuclear weapons program; sprinting toward a bomb; and trying to assassinate senior American officials, including President Trump.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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Despite remaining hugely cash-generative at the operating level, outgoings on player transfers, loan interest and the £50million investment at the Carrington training ground have squeezed their ability to spend quite so readily as in the past.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Team-building is not about squeezing sufficient value out of every single contract or assembling a roster of yes men.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 June 2025
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And yet, it’s still rooted in something real, because Perry plucked much of the heavy-handed dialog Keery delivers verbatim from the Wowee Zowee press kit, contemporaneous Malkmus interviews, and things Malkmus told Perry himself.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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The eggs, of course, are plucked from the hen house each morning.—
Matthew Monagan,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2025
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Night shift in a teeming academic hospital can feel like a relentlessly heaving freighter, and I’d been hustling from ward to ward bailing water; this task was just another on my scut list.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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There are a lot of risks doing that, but if someone wants to go all in and hustle for success, this can be a good option.—
Joseph Drups,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Rough as that was, a fielding mistake may have stung worse.—
Compiled From Wire Reports,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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According to news stories, Macron was stung by the report’s lukewarm reception in Algeria.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Gordon mentions beating the Bears’ rivals as one of his key team goals for the 2025 season.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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This, in turn, provoked police to wade into the crowd, beating people with nightsticks.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
10 June 2025
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Below, 20 Forbes Business Council members discuss what companies can do now to ensure reliable supply chains in the future.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The best sunscreens for dry skin do more than just protect.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
16 June 2025
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Jeannot didn’t stick in Tampa and has never come close to matching that one wild season, in part because his opportunity, both with the Lightning and the Kings, plummeted.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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And while other candidates have brought up the allegations and hit at Cuomo's record, no one attack seems to be sticking, and polling shows that Cuomo remains the front-runner.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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“Shortchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortchange. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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