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This is the tendency to shorten frequently used words and to allow less frequently used words to become longer.
We speculated that alanine substitution or deletion in the loop of the p51 subunit may shorten the interacting sphere of the loop which may not be able to induce opening of the polymerase cleft in p66, which is essential for DNA binding.
The Florida law will "shorten the length between sentencing and execution to 5 years" from the current average of 14.
What patients hate about managed-care plans are cost-cutting mandates that shorten hospital stays and doctor visits and make it difficult for patients to see specialists.
And the paper was fortunately able to get a minute with Robert Kraut of Carnegie Mellon University to get his explanation that it's very natural for human beings to shorten words.