How to Use short run in a Sentence

short run

noun
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  • The new rules will not save any money in the short run.
    — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2020
  • The gap, small in the short run, grows wider with each passing year.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Coal projects are a surefire way to boost jobs in the short run.
    — Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Garfield had stopped three short runs up the middle near the goal line.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
  • But Lam's move, in the short run, takes the issue off the table for now.
    — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 15 June 2019
  • The problem for Democrats is that voters live — and vote — in the short run.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • For a shorter run in the city, embark on the 5-mile loop of False Creek.
    — Destination Canada, Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
  • That's a bad idea in the short run for Europe and in the long run for Russia.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
  • In the short run, the shortage will drive up parking prices.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2022
  • First, of course, there's a need to support the economy in the short run.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • But in the short run, the upgrade won’t do a thing to ease the nation’s cargo crunch.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • In the short run, this will cause blocks to be produced more quickly.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2020
  • This is bad for stability in the short run and bad for growth in the long run.
    — Alexander William Salter, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
  • All of a sudden, at least in the short run, the Guardians' outfield has some answers.
    — Ryan Lewis, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022
  • In the short run, the war clearly cost the world some of its focus on the climate crisis.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Cast and crew members detailed to NBC News the cascade of events that led to the show's short run.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Jalen Hurts crossed the plane first on another short run to go up 7-0.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But a short run and two more incompletions brought the punt team back on the field.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • In the short run, supply and demand depend on the balance of fear and greed.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Ubogagu had a short run up to the ball and hit a low shot into the right corner, giving the Pride the lead.
    — Luis Torres, Pro Soccer USA, 23 June 2019
  • Jakob Pettijohn scored on a pair of short runs for Saguaro.
    — azcentral, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Breaking from the gate clean is key when a short run won't allow the horse to overcome a bad start.
    — Fletcher Page, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2018
  • For the short run between Klawock and Ketchikan, that's not as much of an issue.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2018
  • The Knik musher has kept them to short runs, rather than pushing them to six- or eight-hour chunks at a time.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The state's mask mandate will remain in place at least in the short run, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 7 Apr. 2021
  • This will be painful in the short run, but such courage will avoid a dismal future the party faces.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2019
  • In the short run, steps taken by the state may have much less of an effect than often thought.
    — Tomas J. Philipson, National Review, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Many folks swear by a quick yoga session or a short run.
    — Yec, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • And then Skating With the Stars arrived, and despite its short run, turned out to not be so bad.
    — Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Despite their short run, the MC5 were wildly influential.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024

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