Concision

Shorter is usually the answer.

Common padding

Due to the fact that means because. In order to means to. At this point in time means now. The reason is because is redundant.

Prefer active voice unless the doer genuinely does not matter.
Nominalisations hide verbs: make a decision becomes decide.

In tests

When two options are both grammatically correct, the shorter and more direct one is usually intended. Wordiness is treated as an error in its own right.