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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are shortened" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a process where something is made shorter or condensed.
Example: "The original text is lengthy, but the key points are shortened for clarity."
Alternatives: "are condensed" or "are abbreviated".
Dictionary
are shortened
verb
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
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The blog URLs are shortened with MySpace's lnk.ms shortener.
Fuses are shortened.
Lives are shortened, causing lost output and income.
So the sequences of events are shortened by interweaving and editing with other plotlines.
Working hours are shortened: many firms, including Western ones, close at 1pm.
The human foot is specialized for bipedal locomotion the toes are shortened, relatively immovable, and nonmanipulative.
Today, many lives are shortened by disease, pollution and war but who takes account?
Words are shortened unnecessarily: "Kathleen" becomes "Kath," "conference is "conf," the "Global War on Terror" is GWOT.
Even as death becomes so commonplace that traditional mourning periods are shortened and rituals are overlooked, people learn to make do, to live with their new reality.
Even when links are shortened?
In patients with cirrhosis, the transit times of microbubbles are shortened [58, 59, 60].
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