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Shorted meaning

simple past and past participle of short

Using Shorted

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of short
  • In the example corpus, shorted often appears in combinations such as: shorted out, be shorted, and shorted.

Context around Shorted

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Shorted

  • In this selection, "shorted" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, nigeria, clive, heavily, fast, players and tesla stand out and add context to how "shorted" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include because he shorted tesla stock and can be shorted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shorted" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shorted

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Nobody feels shorted, used or drained. (6 words)

Not all listed securities can be shorted. (7 words)

Was warming up when the choke shorted out. (8 words)

Thanksgiving has even been shorted when it comes to comedy, with the most notable example being Planes, Trains and Automobiles (which, for Steve Martin’s Neal Page, at least, does in and of itself function as a horror tale). (39 words)

Canada, led by the ageless Christine Sinclair, international soccer’s all-time leading scorer, threatened to strike earlier this season to protest funding cuts while Nigeria shorted players’ pay, then canceled a domestic preparatory camp. (35 words)

Already, investors have shorted fast-moving consumer goods stocks, such as doughnut chains, and healthcare stocks that treat the symptoms of obesity, such as ResMed, which makes machines for sleep apnoea. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

Already, investors have shorted fast-moving consumer goods stocks, such as doughnut chains, and healthcare stocks that treat the symptoms of obesity, such as ResMed, which makes machines for sleep apnoea.

Canada, led by the ageless Christine Sinclair, international soccer’s all-time leading scorer, threatened to strike earlier this season to protest funding cuts while Nigeria shorted players’ pay, then canceled a domestic preparatory camp.

Clive shorted the two exposed brushes with a metal file and it tripped the circuit breaker in his house.

Elon Musk has beef with Bill Gates because he shorted Tesla stock, says biographertheregister.

Here are a pair of weak stocks that can be shorted over the near term.

Not all listed securities can be shorted.

Professional traders like Left and others who considered GME and AMC market roadkill and shorted them were forced to cover their short positions at big losses.

A high short interest and this one other thing are what’s needed to turn these heavily-shorted stocks into short squeeze stocks.

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It has been the most-shorted stock in London for some time, with a record 11.5 per cent of its shares out on loan in January.

Later he told Hernandez that he could not sell the phone and gave him a refund but shorted Hernandez a hundred dollars.

Thanksgiving has even been shorted when it comes to comedy, with the most notable example being Planes, Trains and Automobiles (which, for Steve Martin’s Neal Page, at least, does in and of itself function as a horror tale).

That ruling led the state to send letters to the oil companies that shorted North Dakota, asking them to figure out the money they owed and to pay it retroactively.

Fisher recalled a fire where a cement mixer shorted out and set fire to lumber stacked nearby.

Nobody feels shorted, used or drained.

Approximately 2.6% of the outstanding stock is shorted.

Facebook told Buzzfeed and the Times that the Soros research had already been underway when Sandberg had asked to check whether Soros had shorted Facebook stock.

Resuming on 17 for one, South Africa played patiently through the rain-shorted morning session, but Amla’s dismissal sparked a swing in momentum.

The GOP-controlled state House reconsidered the education funding law enacted earlier this month because a flaw in it inadvertently shorted schools by $80 million.

Was warming up when the choke shorted out.

Well that and the folks who call 911 because Taco Bell shorted them a burrito.

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Common combinations with shorted

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shorted" in a sentence?
An example: "Already, investors have shorted fast-moving consumer goods stocks, such as doughnut chains, and healthcare stocks that treat the symptoms of obesity, such as ResMed, which makes machines for sleep apnoea." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "shorted" from authentic English texts.
What does "shorted" mean?
Shorted means: simple past and past participle of short
How many example sentences with "shorted" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "shorted", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.