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shorter
adjective as in smaller
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For the shorter term however, it will remain chilly for the rest of this week before temperatures return to more typical for mid-March into next week.
The shorter sentence caught the parents off guard after the dealer’s own attorney recommended 10 years, but Wilson said less time was reasonable because the defendant was a low-level dealer with a tough upbringing and a history of addiction.
But Wilson saw the situation differently, citing a series of factors about Mitchell’s traumatic upbringing in the foster-care system, history of addiction and “believable remorse” as justification for a shorter sentence.
They said this was shown by changes in levels of various genes in male foetal livers as early as 17 weeks into pregnancy, right through to adult males having shorter life expectancy.
It scatters more of the shorter blue wavelength light, allowing the longer red wavelength light to remain visible.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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