"shortened timeline" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when describing a timeline or schedule that has been reduced in length or time frame. Example: Due to unexpected delays, the project team had to devise a shortened timeline in order to meet the deadline.
Novel methods have emerged that allow for the rapid development of animal models containing mutant alleles, allowing investigators to model these complex genetic interactions in a dramatically shortened timeline.
Such a shortened timeline "is very aggressive, but should be seen as an actual best-case deadline based on our collective experience with these administrative and security requirements," they wrote.
A big unknown is whether the shortened timeline will prove an asset in addressing all the issues before Congress, or a hindrance.
The $2 billion acquisition of Oculus by Facebook in 2014 lent the neo-futurist hobby a decidedly shortened timeline for consumer adoption.
The corporate newcomers are aiming to achieve in a shortened timeline what the early movers are taking a decade to do.
While the availability of preclinical data, human safety data, and pharmacokinetic data may shorten timelines, there are significant costs and risks associated with testing the safety and efficacy of a repurposed drug for a new indication in phase II and phase III clinical trials.
It has democratized the process of finding startup capital and shortened the timeline from perhaps months of meetings to as little as a few weeks.
Mason and colleagues (2010) 12 reported that for the period 2004 2008, the STA process had not shortened the timelines compared to MTAs, for cancer drugs, but did not examine non-cancer medications.
It would also shorten the timeline on a project by several years.
The film's reasons for shortening this timeline and "freezing" them at their younger ages may be casting and/or storytelling.
Some administration officials insist Israel is throwing out worst-case possibilities to "shorten the timeline" to an Iranian bomb as a way to put pressure on the Obama administration.
