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  • 101short-lived — adjective lasting only a short time …

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  • 102short-swing profit — A profit made on the sale of securities held for only a short time after purchase …

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  • 103short-lived — adjective lasting a very short time (Freq. 2) the ephemeral joys of childhood a passing fancy youth s transient beauty love is transitory but it is eternal fugacious blossoms • Syn: ↑ephemeral, ↑ …

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  • 104short·ly — /ˈʃoɚtli/ adv 1 : in or within a short time : ↑soon They should arrive shortly. I ll be ready shortly. He left shortly after/before you did. Shortly after [=soon after] she hung up, the phon …

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  • 105short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …

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  • 106Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; …

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  • 107Short rib — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …

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  • 108Short suit — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …

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  • 109Time Air — was an airline in Canada founded in 1966 by businessman Walter “Stubb” Ross from Lethbridge in Alberta. It was originally called Lethbridge Air Service before becoming Time Air.HistoryTime Air (ICAO Code: TAF; IATA Code: KI; Call Sign:Time Air)… …

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  • 110Time travel in fiction — Time travel is a common theme in science fiction and is depicted in a variety of media. Literature Time travel can form the central theme of a book, or it can be simply a plot device. Time travel in fiction can ignore the possible effects of the… …

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