epitome, abstract

short story, a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel

in brief, in short, briefly

shortly, in short

to abridge, to abbreviate, to epitomize, to summarize, to shorten, to curtail

shorthand, stenography

stenographer, shorthand writer

Short term

miniature painting

to cut a long story short, In short, briefly

in short, in nutshell

in short, briefly

to kill

(one's) story to be cut short, to come to an end, to die

novella, long short story, novelette

sorrow of the ephemeral life

brevity of language. brief expression

trust of the trivial desire

(mathematics) short division