His continued existence actually shortens the war for us.
The first missed, but the MiG made a hard turn and actually shortened the range, and was destroyed by the second.
(In the end, his re-editing actually shortened the film by a minute.)
This endpoint may also miss important effects of therapy that may actually shorten overall survival.
The Princeton route actually shortened the distance between Minneapolis and Duluth.
Not only did the drugs not help, they sometimes hurt, actually shortening patients' lives instead of extending them.
For students who do not receive the extra help, the contract will actually shorten the regular school day by 10 minutes.
You could actually shorten this still further and, each time you make up a ten, cross it out and put 1.
However, Custer's arrogance and disobedience may have actually shortened the war.
If this fight is conclusive enough, it might actually significantly shorten the final conflict at ch'Rihan.