as in conciseness
the condition of being short
the shortness of the commencement speech was much appreciated by the impatient graduates
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Noun
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United sent Heaven a Game Ready compression boot to wear at home to aid recovery, which Lisa filled with ice each day.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
10 July 2025 -
Kyle Richards found the ultimate hack for staying organized and optimizing suitcase space while traveling: compression packing cubes.—
PEOPLE Deals Team,
People.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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With that in mind, August is supposed to see the same 11.8 percent month-over-month decline from July to 2.08 million TEUs, with a 10.4 percent contraction from last year’s totals.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 July 2025
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Additional tariffs would further hurt these two exports-dependent economies that are grappling with a slowdown in growth, with Japan likely staring at a technical recession, or two straight quarters of economic contraction.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
9 July 2025
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“Shortness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortness. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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