- present participle of abbreviate.
abbreviating
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If you want to seem sincere and receive more responses to your texts, spell out words instead of abbreviating them, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has been nicknamed Albo since he was a child in keeping with a time-honored Australian tradition of abbreviating names and often adding “o” at the end.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
They didn’t want to anger the big guy by abbreviating his name on a sundial.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2021
And then the boss said: “Guys, I hate to be a noodge, but could we get back to abbreviating the states? We still have 49 left.”
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2019
Now can you blame me for quickly abbreviating it to Tally?” laughed Mr. Gilroy.
From Girl Scouts in the Rockies by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
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