for short

Idioms  

1. Also, short for. As an abbreviation. For example, Richard prefers to be called Dick for short, or The Fed is short for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

Not all hope is lost, however, for short sellers hoping to exploit this new research.

From Barron's

GV Hotel staff in Davao City have told AFP the pair arrived November 1 and stayed for 28 days, leaving their small room only for short periods.

From Barron's

Known as the Ca2+ BioLuminescence Activity Monitor -- or "CaBLAM," for short -- the tool can capture activity within individual cells and even smaller cellular regions at high speed.

From Science Daily

The maneuver that prompted Mosaic’s spat with Eurex can improve reaction times by about 3.2 nanoseconds, according to the French firm, which calls it “corrupted speculative triggering,” or CST for short.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hope says putting herself in the environment that made her frightened for short periods gradually helped her to get used to hospitals.

From BBC