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    1. protocol, because they seemed to shorten the


    2. learning curve to get over, but there are ways to shorten that curve


    3. "We'll be a bit crowded and time might seem to go by a little quickly as we shorten our time slices for awhile


    4. Look for ways to shorten concepts, or ways to


    5. They used to shorten their line through


    6. “That’s an understatement! Maybe we should take one of these garments and cut some holes in it and shorten it by two cubits


    7. shorten the time needed to find their true state of being


    8. Shorten the time of setting


    9. Combination of reduce water and shorten the


    10. Understanding the lesson that we need to learn from a challenging experience, as well as acquiring specific knowledge sooner than planned, will shorten the experience and avoid new similar ones

    11. I knew I needed to edit it and shorten


    12. By which he may shorten


    13. “And they could well shorten that distance if Myserrah can get his chariots out of those


    14. The inexperienced Lorna lost one of her stirrups, and tried desperately to shorten the reins as well as get her foot back in the stirrup


    15. Now brother shall betray brother to death and father betray his son; and children shall rise up against their parents and they shall cause them to be put to death; and you shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake but he who shall endure to the end they shall be saved; But when you shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing where it ought not stand let him who reads understand; then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house nor enter into it to take any thing out of his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back again to pick up his clothing but disaster to those who are with children and to those who breastfeed in those days! and pray that your flight is not in winter; because in those days there shall be affliction such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created until this time nor shall it ever be so; and unless that the Lord had shortened those days no flesh should be saved but for the elect’s sake whom He has chosen He will shorten those days and then if any man shall say to you: “Look Christ is here” or “look He is there”; do not believe him because false Christs and false prophets shall rise and shall show signs and wonders to seduce if it were possible even the elect; but be diligent; Note I have foretold to you all things but in those days after that tribulation the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give its light and the stars of the sky shall fall and the powers that are in the universe shall be shaken and then they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory and then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds from the uttermost parts of the Earth to the sky; Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When its branches are still tender and it shoots out leaves you know that summer is near; So in a similar manner when you shall see these things come to pass know that it is near even at the beginning; truly I say to you that this generation shall not pass until all these things are done; Heaven and Earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away; but no man knows about that day and hour not even the angels who are in Heaven nor the Son only the Father


    16. A few commercials could shorten into lineups at the department store deciding on where they were headed


    17. Is shyness which mutes his words and preventing him to greet me? Or worse, would his grandparents have predisposed him against me? If the intelligentsia is not reason enough to tempt him to shorten the distance between us, I have to resort to the charms of the Chanel No


    18. Leonardo managed to shorten the gap that separated us from the other side


    19. This will shorten the cycle time of the


    20. God does shorten those days for the elect’s sake

    21. This caused the meeting staff to shorten breaks and urge us to get back in time for the next presentation


    22. determination have enabled me to shorten the period of your Probation, and I


    23. But on this occasion it was desirable to shorten the service in order that the distinguished guest might have more time for his discourse; accordingly, only the first and last of the benedictions were recited


    24. "I hope she doesn't do that often, because it will certainly shorten her life


    25. Development timescales would continue to shorten, from decades to years, to months, to days


    26. The deer talked among themselves and finally said they were going to wait until the days started to shorten and their fawns were a bit stronger, and then they would head southwest, away from the settlements, and hope for the best


    27. Use or build a windscreen for the stove, it will conserve fuel and shorten cooking times


    28. They shorten tedious nights


    29. Only the knowledge that their job could shorten this war had kept them from simply resigning their positions


    30. Nothing should be done to shorten {without just cause}

    31. ‘’Stuck in the past, I was faced with a cruel dilemma: to get involved in World War Two and try to shorten it, thus saving millions of lives and preventing untold misery but also changing history in the process, or refuse to get involved


    32. Certainly Jesus can shorten the standard twenty-hour day by adjusting the axis and rotation


    33. I have already mentioned that new technologies should shorten the time spent on the job but it appears that this is not the case


    34. Watch the bird closely and shorten the session if it starts to lose interest in


    35. " The man nodded, rushed to shorten their conversation, for his next order


    36. Anyway, I'll try to shorten up the details


    37. " Mitchell was quiet; what the detective said wasn't true about him working, but nonetheless, he amiably nodded to shorten their visit


    38. � I am now here and will do my best to shorten this war


    39. � Nancy Laplante was simply trying her best to shorten that war and limit the carnage


    40. � Faced with surviving a war she was not supposed to live through, she tried to shorten that war, which caused the distortions

    41. Philippe went mad with rage; he was just 15 minutes away from the ship and no more could be done to shorten the time


    42. The girl braced herself on the side of the boat as, like a length of retracting elastic, the rope began to shorten


    43. ‘’I was able to pull out safely all our women from Masan once General Walker was able to shrink and shorten his defensive perimeter, but I had to concede Masan to the Chinese as a price


    44. Special hull sections can be added or removed, to lengthen or shorten it, or to deal with research or military applications, as necessary


    45. Were their young lives sacrificed in vain, and did area bombing really shorten the war? Was the bomber offensive a legitimate act of war or was it a crime against humanity? These are some of the issues that continue to be contentious


    46. Philipopoulos then cut in, trying to shorten as much as possible the contacts between the two groups


    47. “You’ll have to shorten it a bit


    48. In most cases, messages had to be short due to the cost of sending lengthy posts, and also, common messages were abbreviated to shorten response time, as well as to create code to block parents from decyphering


    49. Nancy did her best to shorten the war in Europe and to prevent some of the worst atrocities, while I continued to fight to bring back peace after her death


    50. about avoiding rubbing that will dramatically shorten your tool life













































    1. Travis' breath shortened; the beginning of hyperventilation


    2. Pushed up a couple days because of the present emergency, and his time for introduction to the situation was shortened to under two hours for the same reason


    3. ' all names of numbers shortened to one syllable whenever possible


    4. that is shortened and easier to read without having the http:// and such


    5. 22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for


    6. the elect's sake those days shall be shortened


    7. TGG, but was frequently shortened to “The Guides”


    8. shortened that it cannot save, nor his


    9. It was too bad she hadn't had a chance to get word to Alan that they were here tonight, he could have come out and brought some of the neighbors, it was less than an hour on foot, and that could be shortened with a streetcar or two


    10. He remembered the way he and Russell found her last time, and his breath shortened, wondering if he would be too late this time

    11. This was the name, shortened to SAs,


    12. The proper distance shortened as he pulled her closer to his chest


    13. All prisoners had their terms shortened to five years and they started to introduce fights to create prison space and to placate the public


    14. The other rumour was that the boxes were made by prisoners (convicts), and that they had shortened it a few inches so that an R1 rifle (SLR) would not fit into them as a way of protesting their slave labour


    15. The cerebral training was combined with combat training, and the organization called their warriors Wizard Hunters, which is often shortened to Hunters


    16. If I had not shortened these days, no flesh would be saved


    17. One male slave had been named Coquita, which was pronounced “kaw-KEE-ta,” however, if at any time a man asked what the name meant, he was to immediately kneel and tell the man that it was a shortened form of “Cock Eater” and he would be happy to provide a sample of his skills


    18. Two other better choices as president, Henry Wallace or Adlai Stevenson, could have prevented the Cold War entirely or greatly shortened it


    19. I pulled up, leaned back and sent a shortened cry of the


    20. Helga proved to be a skilled seamstress, and she shortened the hems of the skirts to conform to the current style

    21. One of these has been called a priestly source, often the letter P is used as a shortened version


    22. 45 The days of his youth have you shortened: you have covered him with shame


    23. I didn’t want his life shortened on my account


    24. The result of taking the lives of other beings is that in the future one's own life will be shortened


    25. when I came, was not there any man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or


    26. 1 See, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear so heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have


    27. pages! Here is a shortened list:-


    28. took the serpent as a garment; And it did not hide itself but increased, and God was 8 angry with it, and afflicted it, and shortened its


    29. On that day the day becomes longer than the night, and the day becomes double the night, and the day becomes twelve parts, and the night is shortened and becomes six parts; And the sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night longer, and the sun returns to the east and enters into the sixth portal, and rises from it and sets thirty mornings; And when thirty mornings are accomplished, the day decreases by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the night seven; And the sun goes out from that sixth portal in the west, and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for thirty mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal


    30. And in the days of the sinners the years shall be shortened; And their seed shall be tardy on their lands and fields,

    31. · The ability to 301 redirect which means the shortened link attributes over 90% of link juice to the long URL


    32. Simply tweet the headline of your latest post, including a shortened URL using a URL shortener such as bit


    33. Malicious bots are used to spread links to malware which are often disguised as shortened links so that the malicious link itself is obscured from view by the shortened link


    34. When I reported to Taylor Street, I filled out some paperwork relating to the start of job (I had been on payroll since 9/1 so that my one-month waiting period for BC/BS coverage would be shortened) and pertaining to the accident en route


    35. Slowly the days shortened and the nights became cooler


    36. On that day the day becomes longer than the night and the day becomes double the night and the day becomes twelve parts and the night is shortened and becomes six parts; And the sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night longer and the sun returns to the east and enters into the sixth portal and rises from it and sets thirty mornings; And when thirty mornings are accomplished the day decreases by exactly one part and becomes eleven parts and the night seven; And the sun goes out from that sixth portal in the west and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for thirty mornings and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal


    37. And in the days of the sinners the years shall be shortened; And their seed shall be tardy on their lands and fields


    38. The shortened version


    39. Her nickname was Tet, and when I asked her how she got that name, she said her mother didn’t feel Elizabeth suited her, so she called her by her middle name, which her friends naturally shortened


    40. would be ‗galico‘, shortened to ‗galgo‘, ‗Gaze hounds‘ is a term for the dogs used to

    41. 'This is called 'My old man but forever young to me' but I just shortened it to 'My Old Man' I smiled and started to play the music


    42. 13 Go and you shall receive: pray for few days to you that they may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch


    43. 4 angels in like manner; And I said Lord what are the oxen and the lambs? And he said to me; 5 They also are angels; And again I asked Why is it that it at one time increases but at another 6 time decreases? And he said to me Listen O Baruch: This which you see had been written 7 by God as beautiful as no other; And at the transgression of the first Adam it was near to Sammael when he took the serpent as a garment; And it did not hide itself but increased and God was 8 angry with it and afflicted it and shortened its days; And I said And how does it not also shine always but only in the night? And the angel said Listen like in the presence of a king the courtiers cannot speak freely so the moon and the stars cannot shine in the presence of the sun; for the stars are always suspended but they are screened by the sun and the moon although it is uninjured is overwelmed by the heat of the sun


    44. The ogre took another swing with his shortened weapon, but Talia danced inside his swing and neatly tripped him, sending him sprawling forward


    45. The shadows shortened quickly as dawn gave way to early morning


    46. They were as ready as their shortened lead time would allow


    47. Another version, identified as “Judges,” was shortened to “J


    48. The third was identified as “Elohist,” which became the shortened “E” source


    49. Unless those days had been shortened unless the Lord had shortened the days no flesh would have been saved; But for the sake of the chosen ones whom He picked out He shortened the days


    50. Those days will be shortened









































    1. shortening her trousers and fraying the arms


    2. Delurna was disturbed by the fact that Kemberra had lied about the name, but the rules required that he take him off the shortening list of prime suspects, though it bothered him


    3. Combine chocolate chips and shortening in the top of a double boiler, over, not in, simmering water


    4. In a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt chocolate chips and shortening until smooth


    5. Place remaining 1 cup peanut butter chips and remaining 2 tablespoons shortening in small microwave-safe bowl


    6. Place chips and shortening in medium microwave-safe bowl


    7. Melt chocolate chips with shortening in microwave, or in a small saucepan over low heat; stir until smooth


    8. Combine chocolate chips, shortening, and baking chocolate in a 2-quart glass bowl


    9. shortening the hours of such labour and balancing the


    10. With the distance shortening encouragingly, he now forced himself into a staggering gait ruled by the conflict between eager anticipation and leaden exhaustion

    11. When less performance was required, a condition of richness of fuel supplied was in evidence wherein incomplete oxidation (burning) left a residue of carbon that slowly coated the burning chamber and exhaust piping, shortening the lifetime of the engine that supplied the umph of performance


    12. If you will be sharing links on Twitter, you’ll run into the need for shortening the link


    13. Shortening the legislative calendar would help foster a change of


    14. In a heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with dough hook, add the water, shortening, yeast, and sugar


    15. When he goes back to the Station his radiation level isn’t returning to normal, and it’s shortening his life


    16. When I brought the problem up for discussion, Nuke reluctantly admitted that jumping back and forth from his dimension to ours was shortening his life


    17. This one landed near the middle of the crowd that was continuously shortening


    18. I said nothing about death, only about shortening your length of time on Earth


    19. This involves rapid alternation of lengthening and shortening of muscle fibers against resistance


    20. The first limbs on the big cypress sprang from the massive trunk about 65 feet above the ground, gradually shortening and becoming leafier as they neared the crown

    21. from this great deception by shortening the days of trial


    22. Pies were his favorite and my mother had baking pie crusts with just the right amount of shortening, honed to a fine art


    23. Hormonal changes caused by the shortening days are a second factor that can


    24. The interruption and tiredness shortening her temper, she said,


    25. Getting new writers and shortening the program to an hour could help


    26. With this jarring assault on the senses comes a shortening of the attention span


    27. It would be the most devastating weapon we possessed and would probably save a lot of lives by considerately shortening this conflict


    28. � If my actions now can save at least a few millions by shortening this war, then I will be able to look at myself in a mirror after this war


    29. � I finally decided to help the British, with the goal of shortening that war as much as possible and thus saving millions of lives


    30. I'm not going to go into the details of the shortening

    31. donuts and cakes (where big portions of lard or shortening are


    32. with Probiotics (especially with Lactobacillus rhamnosus), is ef ective in shortening the duration of this condition,


    33. The brothers were just twenty yards or so away now, and the gap was shortening with every stride


    34. We’ll just launch a number of them to help boost telemetry communications via probes and ships, by shortening the


    35. Shortening, made from vegetable oil, is also not all that it’s cracked up to be


    36. When vegetable shortening was first introduced, the Average American housewife would have nothing to do with it


    37. Shortening the alphabet could do that


    38. and shortening the duration of the common cold


    39. Her grandfather had always been so formal, never shortening her name for any reason and he’d shout at anyone who dared


    40. 1680, the poetattempts to indicate the gathering and abating fury of the ghostly revelby the successive lengthening and shortening of

    41. shortening 5-6 T cold water 1/2 c


    42. Mix well with the shortening and press with


    43. Mix well with the shortening and press with the


    44. Sift the flour and salt together, cut in the shortening and mix with hands


    45. Work in the softened shortening


    46. ingredients for the crumbs, working in the shortening


    47. The wild cherry had already dropped their leaves, and days were shortening by strides now


    48. This misperception of Time comes from the distortion of Science, shortening ½ of Infinite Time, down to a zillionth of a nano-second


    49. By cutting off the vibration of a string by putting our finger on a fret board, and shortening its sound


    50. Margarine (vegetable shortening, hydrogenated oils) is not really edible and ends up in the blood stream where it clogs arteries and contributes to heart attacks
























    1. Twitter automatically shortens the URL in your tweets, but remember to add the http://, or else it will not work


    2. According to a long-term Finnish study, smoking not only shortens your life by around 10 years, but it also lowers your quality of life in old age, as smokers are more likely to suffer from debilitating illnesses


    3. Having the weapons pods extended shortens the time


    4. arm as it shortens the other – there are two arms


    5. drum cut length-wise in half, with perhaps a steel grate inserted to keep the fire from sitting directly on the metal (which shortens its life)


    6. He claims that Shugden practice shortens his


    7. This is depressing; depression shortens your life; this is depressing and causes anxiety, thus compounding the chronic, life-shortening disorders


    8. Therefore, nature shortens lives of people who live on the


    9. Your life-expectancy shortens just as the two words were shortened into one


    10. long after that tobacco definitely shortens life, and that it causes colic, diarrhea, "ulcerations

    11. Here lies the water; good: here stands the man; good; if the man go to this water, and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes,--mark you that; but if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself: argal, he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life


    12. And I can remember Bug (his real name was Bert Bagley, which shortens to Bug nicely), during a jazz-band blast at our final aud-call for our high school senior class, suddenly leaping up to dance with an invisible partner in the middle of the front aisle of the auditorium


    13. Thus, the duration of MBSs shortens just when longer duration would be most useful to bondholders


    14. However, when positions are opened shortly before the expiration, the boundary shortens more slowly


    15. Under extremely low volatility the boundary shortens to a minimal length at the whole range of time-to-expiration values


    16. Conversely, decreasing the duration input parameter shortens the maximum trade length when the market is in a trend, being more sensitive to the shorter wavelengths in the data


    17. "Why are you silent? Converse shortens the way, and I swear, by Hercules, never did I have to traverse such a horrid way


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    Synonyms for "shorten"

    bowdlerise bowdlerize castrate expurgate shorten abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce bob truncate clip curtail crop

    "shorten" definitions

    make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration


    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements


    make short or shorter


    become short or shorter


    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate