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Recent Examples of shortcut
Verb
These desserts not only come together fast, but many use shortcuts like cake mix or instant pudding to help keep the stress levels low. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 26 June 2025 Despite the fridge’s undeniable importance in keeping our food fresh, beverages perfectly chilled, and kitchens fully functional, many of us cut corners and take shortcuts when cleaning this appliance. Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 30 June 2025
Noun
Unfortunately this shortcut to producing amazing spirits has a downside; the cost is high in terms of evaporation, which can exceed 10% per year. Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 Once dismissed as a streaky shortcut to summer, self-tan has emerged from the shadows of the beauty aisle to become one of skincare’s most dynamic and strategic categories. Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shortcut
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcut
Verb
  • The administration’s attacks on science demand a response from Congress, especially when political appointees try to circumvent the law.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
  • The front companies are designed to help Iran circumvent U.S. sanctions by using offshore accounts to facilitate payments from refineries purchasing the sanctioned oil, according to the Treasury Department.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Africanized honeybees don't survive in areas with cold winters and don't like high levels of rain, which makes for natural cutoffs in areas where temperatures fall, said Juliana Rangel, a professor of apiculture (beekeeping) at Texas A&M University.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 6 July 2025
  • Experts are concerned that with the cutoff of U.S. aid there could be a resurgence of avoidable disease outbreaks.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • My team was supposed to do the landing on the moon, of course that got bypassed pretty fast.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 June 2025
  • They were completely bypassed by the likes of Google.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Our e-commerce shipping model is built to allow last-minute switches between carriers, routes and even destination handling partners.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 11 July 2025
  • But that doesn’t mean the club would avoid going that route if the player fits.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Experts say Camp Mystic's requests to amend the FEMA map could have been an attempt to avoid the requirement to carry flood insurance, to lower the camp's insurance premiums or to pave the way for renovating or adding new structures under less costly regulations.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 July 2025
  • While every Italian city is unique in its own ways, there are a couple of ways to avoid being marked as a tourist on your next trip to sample La Dolce Vita.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said most remaining rescues are being attempted at camp sites, but they are isolated because of road damage.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 5 July 2025
  • According to the stewards, Bearman slowed down before accelerating into the pit entry road at 260 kmph.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Dexter stalks his next victim (Marc Menchaca) — a killer who targets ride-share drivers — while the ghost of his father Harry (James Remar) urges him to be careful, and a fidgety Harrison tries to evade police suspicions.
    EW.com, EW.com, 10 July 2025
  • Ten people involved in the ambush were arrested that night or early the next morning, but Song evaded capture, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The numbers, which were obtained through a public records lawsuit and released by the Deportation Data Project at the University of California Berkeley, give the first real glimpse of how Trump's immigration enforcement policy is playing out in the streets.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 1 July 2025
  • Beyoncé’s past and present onstage fashion inspired street style looks laden with Easter eggs.
    Amber Elliott, Vogue, 30 June 2025

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“Shortcut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortcut. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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