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to make less in extent or duration
we decided to shorten the distance we had to walk home by cutting across the neighbor's lawn if Grandma has to go shopping today, you'll need to shorten your visit
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Recent Examples of shortened
Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Certain past emergency cases, such as the COVID pandemic, were exceptions in which those wait times were drastically shortened.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
The game was shortened to 4½ innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
The innovative Mini Mahjer Card features simplified and shortened winning tile combinations tailored for young players or anyone new to the game.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
By then the shoulder and back stiffness that shortened his first season had returned, and Lesch was rocked.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
In 1988, the moniker was shortened to simply Revolution.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
The denial pattern is documented, the appeal odds are better than most people realize, and a federal rule that took effect this year has shortened the timeline insurers can drag things out.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Speeding up the draft The NFL shortened the time between picks in the first round from 10 minutes to eight, cutting the total duration of the round to less than three hours.
—Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
The combination of an overloaded schedule, international travel and shortened preparation time increasingly produces mediocre matchups in premium television windows.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Certain past emergency cases, such as the COVID pandemic, were exceptions in which those wait times were drastically shortened.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
The game was shortened to 4½ innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
The innovative Mini Mahjer Card features simplified and shortened winning tile combinations tailored for young players or anyone new to the game.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
By then the shoulder and back stiffness that shortened his first season had returned, and Lesch was rocked.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
In 1988, the moniker was shortened to simply Revolution.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
The denial pattern is documented, the appeal odds are better than most people realize, and a federal rule that took effect this year has shortened the timeline insurers can drag things out.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Speeding up the draft The NFL shortened the time between picks in the first round from 10 minutes to eight, cutting the total duration of the round to less than three hours.
—Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortened
Adjective
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Tessa Francis fired an abbreviated no-hitter with eight strikeouts, while Ashley Mortensen went 3-for-4 as Marblehead routed Winthrop 12-0 in five innings in the Northeastern Conference.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2026
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But in this case, that doesn’t matter, because after such an abbreviated Herro season, the Heat simply have to wait to see greater durability, meaning deferring the contract decision.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Ducks killed their first six penalties of the series but have since been touched up shorthanded on three of their past four PKs, with the fourth being truncated by an Edmonton infraction.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
27 Apr. 2026
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What’s also curiously glossed over — or at least truncated into a shorter segue than deserved — is Bernstein’s impact in Hollywood.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Bayard has a point in critiquing the attitude which maintains that engagement with literature can basically be reduced to an itinerary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The stadium typically operates at a capacity crowd of around 67,500 for NFL games, but that will be slightly reduced to approximately 65,827 for the World Cup.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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That's the abridged version of the tricky nature of prosecuting a murder case without a body.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2023
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For theater owners, even the abridged period of theatrical exclusivity is considered a win.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2022
Verb
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Without the court’s intervention, access to mifepristone would have been significantly and indefinitely curtailed for the first time since it was first approved in 2000.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The 35-year-old Fernandez started his soccer career in Mexico aged 15, but injury ended curtailed his career.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The center describes its three-week immersion as a way to develop, in a condensed window, the practices and behaviors that might otherwise take years to build through outpatient therapy alone.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
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Some mathematicians consider these to be even more significant than condensed sets.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE trimmed their holdings of US Treasurys in March by nearly $17 billion, as the Iran conflict hit crude exports, their key source of dollar income.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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Some limbs were trimmed from the large trees that provide shade.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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“Shortened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortened. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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