SYNCOPATING Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

syncopating

verb

present participle of syncopate

as in shortening

to make less in extent or duration she tried to syncopate her gasp of shock

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Anthropic also observed models using URL-shortening services to work around limits designed to restrict certain web requests.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
As an investor at Point72, the hedge fund of billionaire Steve Cohen, Shaffer watched Wall Street turn private fund shares into digital tokens without shortening investors’ waits to cash out.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

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