Shorter

[ shawr-ter ]

noun

Frank, born 1947, U.S. long-distance runner: Olympic marathon gold medalist 1972.
Wayne, 1933–2023, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.

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While grocery shopping a guy I had noticed following me earlier, walked by me really fast and said, ‘You look Shorter in person.’
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“Running is just that much more efficient in expending more calories in a Shorter amount of time,” Williams says.
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The Raptor carries six AMRAAMs and two Shorter range AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles inside its weapons bays.
Pentagon Worries That Russia Can Now Outshoot U.S. Stealth Jets | Dave Majumdar | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
For a Shorter introduction to Richardson, read Journey to Paradise: Short Stories and Autobiographical Sketches.
These Female Contemporaries Weren’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Louisa Treger | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
As soon as Jaco [Pastorius] told me that Wayne [Shorter] would be there, I was on it right away!
Herbie Hancock Holds Forth | David Yaffe | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

These sections also have vibrations of their own which are of Shorter length and more rapid motion.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge Southwick
They are usually Shorter and more irregular in outline, and more frequently have irregularly broken ends.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
The single employer rightly knows that there is a wage higher than he can pay and hours Shorter than he can grant.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
By all the sounded consonants we have—“Inhuman Civil War;” the latter Shorter, more significant, and more easily remembered.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The Chukchees use a pipe similar to those of the Eskimo, but with a much larger and Shorter stem.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.

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