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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The concession lines are shortening, the influencers have mostly gone home, and the grounds of the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The cycles of our obsession are shortening, after all.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
A second factor may be that investment horizons are shortening.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
“If we are shortening how many weeks we have, or shortening the hours in the space to play, absolutely less creative things are going to come out of that.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 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
