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Let \({\mathcal {L}}\) be the set of integers n which can be written as$$ n=p_1^3 + p_2^3+p_3^3+p_4^3. $$Using the circle method and sieves, we prove that \({\sum_{N < n \leq N+Y , {n\in \mathcal {L}}} 1\geq \gamma Y}\) holds for \({Y=N^{17/18}}\), where \({\gamma > 0}\) is an absolute constant.Key words and phrasescircle methodsieve methodexponential sum over primesshort intervalThis work is supported by Tianyuan Mathematics Foundation (Grant No. 11126325), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11371122, 11471112) and the Innovation Scientists and Technicians Troop Construction Projects of Henan Province (China).