Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase appear to be shorter.
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1. seem shorter
 2. look shorter
3. give impression of being shorter
4. shortened
5. shorts
6. short
7. telescope
8. telescoped
9. dots
10. doy
 11. dpt
12. stop
13. crosscut
14. appeared
15. appearing
16. appears
17. arrive
18. attend
19. background
20. bail
 21. bar
22. beadle
23. belittle
24. break
25. bringing
26. cameo
27. citation
28. cite
29. citing
30. convene
 31. crack
32. default
33. defaulter
34. diminish
35. diminished
36. diminishing
37. dio
38. dip
39. dips
40. down

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