Shortening in a sentence

Iambic shortening Iambic shortening or brevis brevians is vowel shortening that occurs in words of the type light–heavy, where the light syllable is stressed.

Are they shortening, lengthening or improving, any color on the ROI there?

As part of its plans to make savings the BBC will be cutting back on its Newsnight programme, shortening it by 10 minutes and focusing more on studio-based debates rather than investigative films.

By delaying retirement benefits for two years and shortening the retirements of French workers, politicians believe that they could save as much as 150 billion dollars per year.

Coat 10-inch Bundt pan with non-stick vegetable spray or melted shortening; set aside.

Colorado is 3-0 heading into its huge game against on Saturday, after defeating rival 43-35 in double overtime in Week 3. The Buffaloes' success so far this season has led to their odds shortening across the board.

Equally, we think the market underprices the risk of the Bank of Japan shortening its Yield Curve Control policy to the five-year part of the JGB curve when it meets in June.

Google is looking to get ahead of high-severity vulnerabilities on its Chrome browser by shortening the time between security updates.

He said 20% of Xeneta customers polled during a recent webinar said they were shortening the length of new contracts and only committing for between three and six months, “to benefit from what is expected to be a continued downward trend”.

Meanwhile, the King's visit to the Mosque was delayed by the wet weather, shortening the trip to just five minutes, before he dashed out in time for the Sheikh to begin the sacred twelve o'clock prayers.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right politician, has cracked down on security prisoners, shortening shower times to four minutes, closing prison bakeries and restricting exercise time and family visits.

Putting district attorneys in positions of power can help intervene in this injustice by, for example, eliminating bail, shortening sentences, and in general castigating society for making these criminals criminals.

Since many years, the unions and employer's do agree about shortening worktime.

Slightly more obtuse, but probably a shortening of Dry Wood was Dryood.

So, Snyder and others are working on shortening their pitchers’ lead leg times — far from a simple change with veteran players who have been developing their craft for decades — in hopes of getting them to deliver the ball more quickly to home plate.

So they ended up holding this year’s festival at the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, and shortening it from three days to two.

These tools ensure a seamless transfer experience to ASU after earning credits or an associate degree from a U.S. community college or university and shortening the time to complete a degree.

The twenty-year trend cycle is now shortening and overlapping with Roblox as a safe space for users to try out styles first.

This in part helps with thermals by making the array a little less dense, but perhaps the greater benefit is shortening the PCIe path to the CPU which should help maintain signal integrity.

All of these end up affecting gene expression in a negative direction, and shortening the telomere, thus leading to premature aging or death.