in short
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Mice naturally sleep in short bursts lasting only a few minutes throughout the day and night.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
If the economy stays sluggish or gets worse and inflation falls, those could look like good deals in short order.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The average open short position in Wendy’s stock was put on at around $7.10, according to ORTEX, a financial data and analytics firm specializing in short interest, securities lending, and trading activity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
But rock-band bassists were in short supply, so I fooled around on the bass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
What Reilly and his team at Cook County were trying to do, in short, was provide some structure for the spontaneity of the ER.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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