Shorter
Americannoun
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Frank, born 1947, U.S. long-distance runner: Olympic marathon gold medalist 1972.
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Wayne, 1933–2023, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
Example Sentences
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But as Louise Shorter revisits his story, new questions emerge.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Shorter bonds pay you less and what you get in exchange is the ability to act sooner if necessary.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Shorter cords are also less likely to end up in knotted wads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
His newest book is “The Long Run,” which discusses the 1970s running boom and is a narrative history of four who sparked the marathon boom: Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit Samuelson and Grete Waitz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
I walked upstairs to the church office and found middle-aged Mabel Shorter unusually flustered as she laid down the telephone receiver.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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