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The phrase "a thing short" is not standard or commonly used in written English
It may be used in a context where something is described as being lacking or insufficient in some way, but it is awkward and unclear. Example: "The project was a thing short of what we expected in terms of quality."
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I can't do a thing, short of trying to go to a district court to order them to respond," he said.
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Most churches have websites that will tell you almost everything you will need to know such as their fundamental beliefs, which is a crucial thing: Short-list the most likely candidates, and sort them by their distance from your place of residence\work.
For a written message: Keep things short and simple.
There is such a thing as too short of a skirt!
During the "party", Waits cut things short after a couple of snippets, when a phone call informed him that the internet is, apparently, rife with bad apples likely to leak his material.
First, it suggests that Baron Cohen, having sneaked his way into a discussion, seldom has the nerve to keep his side of the bargain, preferring to cut things short with a gibe.
By the way, would you come over here and let's sell a whole bunch of these things short just to protect myself, because I don't think they're quite as good as what I thought they were.
The fact that the keyboard can be made to work with whatever OS sits below it is an intriguing proposition to boot — there's nothing stopping Microsoft or Apple from running with these things short of a mismatch in vision.
Instead, the judge cut things short.
Make things short and sweet.
Keep things short.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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