shorten
verb (used with object)
are shortening
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present progressiveof shorten.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A second factor may be that investment horizons are shortening.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
Instead of hiring specialists, training teachers or providing tailored services, they say, some schools are shortening students’ schedules as a way to manage difficult behavior.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
In response to proliferating risks, companies are shortening and diversifying their supply chains, while investors navigate the most volatile bond market conditions since 2009.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023
"They are shortening their weeks, they are opening later in the day because the trade simply isn't there," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2022
Midsummer is past—and now the days are shortening again, and the long night of winter approaching, which, maybe, will find us as far advanced as it left us.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Fridtjof Nansen
