abbreviate

The strands consist of almost endless rows of four small molecules that we abbreviate to A, C, G and T.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024

“We can often abbreviate and accelerate what we can do in terms of training for Ukrainian army soldiers,” he told reporters Wednesday.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

For the purposes of this chapter, we will abbreviate genes using the first letter of the gene’s corresponding dominant trait.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

He had to abbreviate his schedule in 2021, missing Wimbledon, the delayed Tokyo Olympics and the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

“O for the P,” as Farmer would eventually abbreviate the term, was a simple concept.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Supporters - who dislike the phrase as it wrongly abbreviates the county rather than the city - quickly took to social media to voice their disgruntlement after it aired on Monday evening.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2022

But this make-ahead recipe abbreviates the waiting time too and offers flavorful, tender potatoes and crunchy bits of onion and celery, accented by a creamy dressing.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2021

Raine radically abbreviates the story of the young woman’s tasks, only mentioning the last and hardest, to obtain a vessel of black, icy, Styx-infected water.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2019

By contrast, on the studio recording of “A Love Supreme,” Coltrane simplifies, clarifies, abbreviates, and moderates his solos.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 17, 2015

A long day's journey lies between Garoet and Djokjacarta, which popular parlance abbreviates into Djokja.

From Through the Malay Archipelago by Emily Richings

Trading will be abbreviated in the coming week, with markets closed on Friday, June 3, in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, often abbreviated as BDNF, is a protein involved in the growth, maintenance, and survival of nerve cells and is frequently studied in mental health research.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

The White House said that medication lists in executive summaries, like the one they provided on Friday, are often abbreviated for readability and relevance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

She lost to Trump following an abbreviated campaign.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

I was glad to get past the abbreviated reference to slavery.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

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

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

Mr. Nézet-Séguin’s Twitter biography likewise describes him, abbreviating some of the ensembles he directs, as “Father of Rotterdam Phil, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain Mtl” — and “Future father of the Met.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2018

We did so, and briefly explained our own system of abbreviating.

From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley