How to Use short run in a Sentence

short run

noun
  • 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
  • The gap, small in the short run, grows wider with each passing year.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Hernandez scored on a pair of short runs.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That's gotten even realer for us in this very short run.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, the supply of food was not a problem in the short run.
    — Nan Randall, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2018
  • In the short run, this will cause blocks to be produced more quickly.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Warren even picked up a first down on a short run in the first quarter.
    — Mike Straw, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At last, choose the smallest cart, or for a short run, a basket.
    — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Some of them do have a short run in the theater beforehand.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • On some days, a short run in the neighborhood was my only time alone.
    — Andrea Pitzer, Outside Online, 9 July 2019
  • Portley scored his second touchdown of the night on a short run.
    — Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • But a short run and two more incompletions brought the punt team back on the field.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • First, of course, there's a need to support the economy in the short run.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The problem for Democrats is that voters live — and vote — in the short run.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • But Lam's move, in the short run, takes the issue off the table for now.
    — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 15 June 2019
  • Carter Cravens had three passing touchdowns and added one more score via a short run.
    — Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2020
  • 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, steps taken by the state may have much less of an effect than often thought.
    — Tomas J. Philipson, National Review, 2 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
  • 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
  • That led to a short run in the pros with the Kansas City Chiefs.
    — Dion Lefler, kansascity, 13 Oct. 2017
  • In the short run, supply and demand depend on the balance of fear and greed.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • In the short run, that will require increases in the fuel tax.
    — Nathan O. Rosenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • Jalen Hurts crossed the plane first on another short run to go up 7-0.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But in the short run the canal is likely to remain a conduit for crude, and much else besides.
    — The Economist, 27 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • All of a sudden, at least in the short run, the Guardians' outfield has some answers.
    — Ryan Lewis, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022

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