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

“We also need to abbreviate his dialogue a bit so that there are no monologues, etc.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2022

We hurry them off the stage, warning them not to “taint” their legacy by deteriorating publicly in front of our pained eyes, and abbreviate what could be some fascinating third acts.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2020

You can abbreviate ‘A Dios Gracias' by writing ‘A.D.G.’ if you want to.”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

Presently, becoming more assured, the admirable creature abbreviates his formula to the more companionable "zum Wohl!"

From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley

The bond names are abbreviated, and the coupons are also listed in that column.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays to win the championship series at the end of an abbreviated season due to the coronavirus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 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

At the time the word was meaningless to me, but termination of parental rights—usually abbreviated as TPR in the system—is a huge transition in a child’s life.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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

Though political Washington, D.C., adores acronyms, I ask The Post’s editors to refrain from abbreviating the refuge’s evocative name.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022

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

Languages have no value in themselves; they exist solely for the purpose of communicating ideas and abbreviating our thought and action processes.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper