"call for short" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
This phrase is typically used to indicate a shortened version of a longer name or title. Example: My full name is Alexandra, but you can just call me Alex for short.
Aesthetics of scale call for short needles on conifers and relatively small leaves on deciduous trees.
The guidelines also call for "short bursts", not a continuous spray (and I reiterate my distaste even for the "short bursts" approach).
The open call for short films could end up being a boon for the legions of aspiring filmmakers in the city and elsewhere.
The last installment, at Anthology Film Archives, featured experimental works, a portrait of the subway guru Paul Kronenberg, and highlights from an open call for short films.
An open call for short essays (similar in length to an extended abstract, for details see below) will complement this effort and provide opportunities for wider participation and discussion.
It is worth noting how, in contact with that strange man, all things reverted, as it were, to the roots of their existence, rebuilt their outward appearance anew from their metaphysical core, returned to the primary idea, in order to betray it at some point and to turn into the doubtful, risky and equivocal regions which we shall call for short the Regions of the Great Heresy.
They'd probably call for short-term, job-intensive stimulus, combined with medium-term budget cutting, tax system reform and simplification, and maybe infrastructure investment and a carbon tax for good measure.
He will call for short-term job creation measures now — to prevent a recession that would widen annual deficits through lost revenue and safety-net spending — and for deficit reduction proposals, including spending cuts and tax increases for people with higher incomes, that would take effect after the economy regained full health.
Mr. Johnson said the plan would call for shorter comment periods when the board proposes a rule, to reduce delays.
Therefore, they see a solution to the usual troubles in standard infrastructures and call for short-term responses.
That project sparked the call for shorter buildings, said City Planner Laura Stotler.
