have foreshortened

• present perfect

  present perfect

  Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.

  of foreshorten.
  foreshorten

  verb (used with object)

  to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.

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have foreshortened

As Taney saw it, the compromise would have foreshortened the “democratic” processes by which states carved out of that territory should be able to decide if they wanted to keep slaves.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 8, 2015

Both have foreshortened surnames, and both are generally unfamiliar to the American electorate.

From Time Magazine Archive

See sketch from my pencil; it is in the main correct, though I think I have foreshortened one end of it a little too much, perhaps.

From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03 by Mark Twain

The Wharton house, Number 336 Spruce Street, and the Evans house, Number 322 De Lancy Street, have foreshortened windows with six-paned upper and lower sashes.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins

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