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The phrase "about the shortest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that is nearly the shortest in a particular context or comparison.
Example: "This is about the shortest route to the destination that we can take."
Alternatives: "approximately the shortest" or "nearly the shortest".
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With so much traffic, the conversation in the car, if any, is likely to be about the shortest cuts to reach the diamond lane.
Talk story about the shortest railway trackage in these parts, with the 3rd least trackage in the country; which operates just under 5 m.of line in the vicinity of the Bklyn approaches to the Manhattan & Bklyn Bridges.
The New Yorker, August 28 , 1948P. 13 Talk story about the shortest railway trackage in these parts, with the 3rd least trackage in the country; which operates just under 5 m.of line in the vicinity of the Bklyn approaches to the Manhattan & Bklyn Bridges.
By Charles Cooke and Brendan Gill The New Yorker, August 28 , 1948P. 13 Talk story about the shortest railway trackage in these parts, with the 3rd least trackage in the country; which operates just under 5 m.of line in the vicinity of the Bklyn approaches to the Manhattan & Bklyn Bridges.
One… In front of the exit from the ferry slips at St .George, Staten Island, is a plaza where buses by the dozen line up to… Talk story about the shortest railway trackage in these parts, with the 3rd least trackage in the country; which operates just under 5 m.of line… Talk story about Commissioner of Investigation.
In the framed free space, all the frame cells hold the information about the shortest distance from it to the source point, computed using the notion of rectilinear propagation of light.
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As the flooding range was well controlled, the ZBARD could bring about the shorter delay.
Everybody talks about the shorts.
Tells about the short supplies of food.
Everyone is thinking about the short-term.
And, ahem, what about the short story?
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