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shortening

noun as in abridgment

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Example Sentences

Remove the butter and shortening from the freezer, and toss them with the dry ingredients, coating them well.

The RNC report recommends cutting the number of debates in half and shortening the debating season.

And in the world of quantitative investing, even unpublished strategies have ever-shortening shelf-lives.

From freeing prisoners to shortening school weeks, Benjamin Sarlin presents 10 of the toughest cuts.

A law is being considered that would allow the shortening of the 30-day notice period required to get married.

It is true that up to a certain point shortening the hours of labor actually increases the total product.

We ought to attempt such a shortening as will strain the machine to a breaking point, but never break it.

The shortening of the general hours of work, then, should be among the primary aims of social reform.

In the leaping kangaroo and jerboa a shortening of the arms and lengthening of the legs appear.

Let us, therefore, by calling on Mary for help, do our part toward shortening the days of visitation and trial.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shortening, such as: abbreviation, contraction, curtailment, reduction, and retrenchment.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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