as in to cheat
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
was shortchanged out of a promotion
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Recent Examples of shortchange
Those shortchanged include Johnny and Loren (Barbie Ferreira), a friend from his recovery program.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
More Rosenthal: By getting Pete Alonso in the Home Run Derby, MLB shortchanged two of his Mets teammates.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 11 July 2024
Profits were lifted by the settlement this year of lawsuits with some former shareholders of Postbank, who took legal action against Deutsche Bank alleging that a 2010 takeover shortchanged them.
—Afp, Fortune Europe, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s long-standing concern that the dominance of the big five—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft—is stifling European competition and shortchanging consumers.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
More Rosenthal: By getting Pete Alonso in the Home Run Derby, MLB shortchanged two of his Mets teammates.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 11 July 2024
Profits were lifted by the settlement this year of lawsuits with some former shareholders of Postbank, who took legal action against Deutsche Bank alleging that a 2010 takeover shortchanged them.
—Afp, Fortune Europe, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s long-standing concern that the dominance of the big five—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft—is stifling European competition and shortchanging consumers.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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Congressman/Senator/President Lyndon Baines Johnson was a monstrous piece of work who cheated his way to power from his teens on.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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After all, the man lost to Georgia State while cheating.Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024
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According to those updates, as of Dec. 21, River was conscious, listening to music, and able to communicate with his family by squeezing their hands.Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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Another worry is how the Leagues Cup break extended the season, pushing MLS Cup back into December after a previously successful run of squeezing the playoffs between the October and November international breaks.Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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A lot of the actors feel like they’ve been plucked right out of a CW show for young adults and tweens.Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Protesters aren’t just swept up during protests; since July, the authorities have plucked low-profile demonstrators from their homes days after they were seen on the street.Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Spurgeon saved possession, Shore hustled to beat the Hawks to the puck and popped it down low to Trenin, who set up Spurgeon’s tying goal through Jones’ screen.Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Three hours later, the chair was hustled from the building, and Cohen followed soon afterward.Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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After a 21-10 Thursday night lead against the division-rival Chargers turned into a 34-27 loss, the Broncos locker room was stung.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2024
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Even skeptics know the key personality traits of Zodiac signs: Virgos are fastidious, Scorpios can sting, and no matter how much fun Cancers have in the outside world, nothing beats a night in.Pratyush Sarup, Architectural Digest, 14 Dec. 2024
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While the two-time champ beat KellyAnne Judd to stay on Era 2 at the beginning of Battle of the Eras, her luck finally ran out when Jordan Wiseley voted her into the final elimination instead of Rachel Robinson against Tori Deal (who had gotten last place in the challenge).Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Darden Restaurants — The Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse parent jumped 8% after reporting an earnings and revenue beat for its fiscal second quarter.Samantha Subin, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania developed a model based on network theory to do just that, describing their work in a February paper published in the journal Physical Review Research.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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From its deployment of renewable energy infrastructure to the planting of some 600 million trees, doing and being seen to be doing green things is intended to put Kyiv on the same environmental page as Brussels.David Vetter, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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But nothing ever seems to stick, and that's because no experiment has given any hint that quarks and leptons are composite particles.Paul Sutter, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Barton appears to enjoy juxtaposing the banality of Helen’s life as a wife and mother—flawlessly hosting her husband’s holiday work party, sticking jewels on a crown for a Nativity costume—with the extravagant action of her secret life.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Shortchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortchange. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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