How to Use shortcut in a Sentence

shortcut

1 of 2 noun

• Let's take the shortcut through the woods.
• We took a shortcut home.
• I used a shortcut to calculate the total weight.
• Mistakes were made because too many shortcuts were taken.
• There are no shortcuts to learning another language.
• Wait, I know a shortcut. Turn left here.
• Click on the three lines in the bottom right corner to bring up the shortcuts menu.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• Check the Deepest Discounts page for a shortcut to the best deals.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• There was no back door, no shortcut, to the knockout rounds.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
• This is a shortcut for many novice sellers to get a head start.
  — Yec, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• If that shortcut is a game changer for you, by all means.
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2022
• Next, open the iPhone Shortcuts app and tap the plus sign in the top right corner to create a new shortcut.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• The shortcut version was lighter, brighter and more fragrant.
  — Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
• The White House may be tempted to address the problem with shortcuts.
  — Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
• Canned pork and beans: This is our shortcut to fast, homemade baked beans.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 21 June 2023
• Foolish, too, not to take the shortcut through the dining hall, which was empty at this hour.
  — Christian Wiman, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• With that, the shortcut should be faster and less prone to strange compositing errors.
  — José Adorno, BGR, 8 Nov. 2022
• The portal is not, however, a shortcut for the rest of the recruiting process.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
• Even with the shortcut, the usual two-minute trip from drop-offs to arrivals took about 14 minutes.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• Pierogies are a great shortcut item that can be found in the freezer section of the grocery store.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 23 Jan. 2023
• McKeon took a shortcut to beat him to the porch, where Jackie was sitting.
  — Kate Storey, Town & Country, 4 July 2023
• The rest of her journey, a couple of blocks and a shortcut through the Jeremiah Burke High School parking lot, was on foot.
  — Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
• The shortcut also shows a device’s status, such as how many lights are on and the current temp.
  — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 1 Dec. 2023
• As proven by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for more than a decade, trench coats are a genius shortcut to style.
  — Natalie Alcala, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2023
• Visitors had been taking a shortcut from the creek path up the hill to the tennis courts, and a faint dirt trail had formed on the hillside.
  — Steve Gardiner, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2023
• If there were a shortcut, the school’s doyennes probably would’ve figured it out by now.
  — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
• There’s now a genius and easy-to-add shortcut to make Siri do it for it, totally hands-free!
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• Our recipe testers loved how easy this pie was to assemble thanks to just a couple shortcuts.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
• Players can block each other, take shortcuts, and make risky moves that may or may not pay off in the hopes of being the first to the legendary city.
  — Eric Yurko, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2023
• When you’re done, your shortcut should look exactly like the screenshot above.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 24 Sep. 2022

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2 of 2 verb

• Lidia Bastianich knows how to shortcut even the simplest of recipes.
  — Jill Wendholt Silva, charlotteobserver, 22 Dec. 2017
• The same menu has the system settings shortcut (the icon to the lower left on the panel).
  — David Nield, Wired, 15 Nov. 2021
• That’s the example Google uses for Chrome’s tabs shortcut.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Dec. 2022
• Our cumin lime butter provides a genius shortcut to pan-fried shrimp.
  — Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2023
• Support for Home Screen website shortcuts for pages added by third-party browsers.
  — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• The bottom line is that SPACs can be a great vehicle to shortcut bureaucracy.
  — Rotem Gantz, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• From time to time, scammers — some savvy, others bumbling amateurs — try to shortcut the path to riches.
  — Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2020
• Hough decided to shortcut the chain of command to get the information directly to the artillery units that could use it.
  — Greg Miller, Smithsonian, 23 Oct. 2019
• Rest assured, these aren’t actual apps, but instead shortcuts to Nokia’s web client.
  — Michael Zelenko, The Verge, 3 May 2018
• For example, there’s no quicker shortcut to looking baller, in both senses of the word, than a designer leather jacket.
  — Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• Technically, pesto should be pounded or processed to a paste, but sometimes shortcuts pay off.
  — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 19 Aug. 2017
• To push revenues to 2008 levels, Zinke would have to do more than sell leases and help companies shortcut environmental regs.
  — Elliott D. Woods, Outside Online, 24 Mar. 2018
• Some dishes require little to no prep — thanks to shortcut ingredients like frozen or canned vegetables — while others are labors of love.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 1 Dec. 2022
• Those who gain silver status will have access to shortcut security boarding, free seat selection at check-in, and fee waivers for things like overweight bags.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
• The way prosthetics work now, people can shortcut around a lack of touch by seeing whether stuff is being gripped by the robotic fingers, but eyeballing is less helpful when the object is slippery, moving, or just out of sight.
  — Max G. Levy, Wired, 20 May 2021
• Oftentimes, shoppers shortcut the simple pieces since they are offered in many places, but quality basics go a long way and can save you a few shopping trips and most importantly, save you money in the long run.
  — Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 23 Nov. 2021
• The visit caused a mild brouhaha on local social media with claims the delegation was allowed to shortcut a required 14-day quarantine for foreign visitors.
  — Washington Post, 10 July 2020
• The experimental drugs shortcut that process by giving concentrated versions of specific ones that worked best against the coronavirus in lab and animal tests.
  — Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2020
• This Dell makes the higher spend worth it with features like its Dell Display Manager that gives you auto-restore, multiple preset layouts, and shortcut keys for quickly rearranging your display.
  — PCMAG, 10 Nov. 2022
• Self-citation has long been a popular—if controversial—shortcut for scientists looking to boost their academic standing.
  — Byfrederik Joelving, science.org, 7 June 2023
• Public health officials believe vaccination progress in Minnesota shortcut this spring's pandemic wave — despite a more infectious B.1.1.7 variant causing three-fourths of the state's new cases.
  — Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
• These kinds of horizontal gene transfers, where genes shortcut the usual passage from parent to offspring and instead move directly between individuals, are rare in animals, but common among bacteria.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2017
• Researchers have found increasing evidence that combining relaxation techniques and mindfulness can shortcut your stress response.
  — Michael De Medeiros, Health, 26 Mar. 2023
• Lidia Bastianich knows how to shortcut even the simplest of recipes.
  — Jill Wendholt Silva, charlotteobserver, 22 Dec. 2017
• The same menu has the system settings shortcut (the icon to the lower left on the panel).
  — David Nield, Wired, 15 Nov. 2021
• That’s the example Google uses for Chrome’s tabs shortcut.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Dec. 2022
• Our cumin lime butter provides a genius shortcut to pan-fried shrimp.
  — Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2023
• Support for Home Screen website shortcuts for pages added by third-party browsers.
  — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• The bottom line is that SPACs can be a great vehicle to shortcut bureaucracy.
  — Rotem Gantz, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• From time to time, scammers — some savvy, others bumbling amateurs — try to shortcut the path to riches.
  — Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 3 May 2024