shortcut

It’s a shortcut to flavor, to dinner, to that gentle sense of relief that comes from eating something simple and satisfying.

Every day, as my colleague Thomas Curwen described it a few years ago, the big rigs take a shortcut through a small Wilmington neighborhood, sending out dirt and noise and diesel fumes.

"The Enhanced Games are not a sporting competition built on universal values like honesty, fairness and equity: they are a circus, built on shortcuts," read a statement from swimming's world governing body.

"People are grasping at shortcuts instead of doing the real work of acclimatisation and training."

At the same time, interest in a more vague spirituality is on the rise, fueled by "wellness" influencers framing spirituality as a shortcut to worldly gains like money, fitness, and romance.