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Example sentences for: shorten

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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.
The conventional wisdom says Clinton should waive his defense and avoid calling witnesses in order to shorten the trial and end his "ordeal."
The Florida law will "shorten the length between sentencing and execution to 5 years" from the current average of 14.
21 Shorter periods for construction permit authorization would allow earlier commencement of construction activities and could potentially shorten the overall schedule.
In a letter to the paper from the United States, where she is on a lecture tour, the former British prime minister said Pinochet helped shorten the 1982 Falklands War by supporting Britain and saved many British lives as a result.