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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
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
In realistic conditions, where the pulse colors arrive at slightly different times (a phenomenon known as chirp), the plasma lens even shortened the pulses from 189 to 165 attoseconds.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Hover over them to check the destination and avoid shortened or redirected URLs that hide their true target.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The offense has shortened and bogged down, and much of it can be attributed to Mateer’s thumb injury — and the rest of the SEC adjusting and game-planning Mateer and new OU offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle.
—Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2025
People who walked in longer bouts also had lower risks of heart disease during the follow-up period, with risk increasing as walk duration shortened.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2025
The name Andersen Consulting was often shortened to AC.
—Anthony Shore, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
In 2020, the Italian F4 championship season came, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Germany’s ADAC Formula Four Championship, where Crawford missed the title by two points.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Outdoors, a feline’s life span is considerably shortened.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
That merely meant coach Brian Dutcher didn’t have to delicately parcel out playing time while massaging egos on his Mariana Trench-deep roster, and the bench shortened by circumstance delivered a 77-45 win powered by a pair of true freshmen and a typically frenetic defensive effort.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
In realistic conditions, where the pulse colors arrive at slightly different times (a phenomenon known as chirp), the plasma lens even shortened the pulses from 189 to 165 attoseconds.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Hover over them to check the destination and avoid shortened or redirected URLs that hide their true target.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The offense has shortened and bogged down, and much of it can be attributed to Mateer’s thumb injury — and the rest of the SEC adjusting and game-planning Mateer and new OU offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle.
—Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2025
People who walked in longer bouts also had lower risks of heart disease during the follow-up period, with risk increasing as walk duration shortened.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2025
The name Andersen Consulting was often shortened to AC.
—Anthony Shore, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
In 2020, the Italian F4 championship season came, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Germany’s ADAC Formula Four Championship, where Crawford missed the title by two points.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Outdoors, a feline’s life span is considerably shortened.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortened
Adjective
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Ohtani threw 3 2/3 scoreless innings in an abbreviated start.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Key Takeaways Small caps lead weekly gains, Russell 2000 jumps 3.5% Jobs report shows strength, but private sector lags behind Markets calm despite tariff uncertainty and Elon Musk drama Despite the abbreviated trading week, stocks posted decent gains.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Some are empowered and evolved and some are truncated and lost.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Thereafter, however, knee injuries in 2022 and 2023 prevented him from walking off the field healthy in Week 18 — and then a biceps injury in 2024 truncated his season to just five games played.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At 40 of the country’s busiest airports, flights coming and going will be reduced by 10% this week.—
The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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For a family of three, the benefit would be reduced by $275.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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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But some federal services have been curtailed.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The missing context is that Disney severely curtailed the release of the film because of the Chinese government’s pushback.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Evolution is incremental and Legends: Z-A is as significant as those increments can be within the confines of Game Freak’s condensed release schedule.—
Ryan Gaur,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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That’s an extremely condensed version of what ExpressVPN has gone through over the past few years.—
Jacob Roach,
Wired News,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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United Airlines said its international flights and hub-to-hub operations will not be trimmed.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Was the younger Lincoln a part of material drafted for a lengthier second half of the series that got trimmed?—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Shortened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortened. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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