shortness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortness
Noun
  • The Girlfriend Collective’s Compressive High-Rise Pocket Leggings have an ultra-high-rise waist with compression material all around to smooth you out from top to bottom.
    Korin Miller, Glamour, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Or perhaps the team will set you up in some lymphatic-drainage compression boots.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The contraction resumes a more than two-year downward trend in the sector.
    Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Production output saw a substantial recovery in February, notching 1.5% month-on-month growth compared to the monthly contraction of 0.5% seen in January.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Shortness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortness. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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