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short-run

[ shawrt-ruhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

happening or presented for a short period of time:
a short-run motion picture.

First recorded in 1935–40

see under long run .

How does short-run compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

In the short run, the border crisis feeds into the Republican narrative on the need for more security.

In the short run, Russia has the power to do as it pleases on its borders.

But in the short run, all the things that women wanted, Equal Rights Amendment, equal pay, he was never opposed to any of those.

Israel must "radically" change its settlement policy in the short run.

While they can be good for consumers in the short run, they can be bad in the long run.

I should not have been able to deny myself a short run in England.

The fox had been caught after a short run, and the huntsmen were already beating after another.

And with that he took a short run and dived into the stream.

In a few minutes the great boat was in motion, and after a short run down to the water, it once more rode the waves.

At noon, sprung up a ten-knot breeze; and are sanguine of making a short run.

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