abbreviate
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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
Already, public health agencies, researchers and nonprofit organizations around the world have taken it upon themselves to abbreviate or shorten the controversial name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
Meant to show strength and independence, Alzona’s sculptures abbreviate women’s bodies to such active parts as a torso or a pair of ankles and feet.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
You can abbreviate ‘A Dios Gracias' by writing ‘A.D.G.’ if you want to.”
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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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
The way Ms. Rebet abbreviates the men, especially, is lovely, like an elegant hieratic calligraphy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
A long day's journey lies between Garoet and Djokjacarta, which popular parlance abbreviates into Djokja.
From Through the Malay Archipelago by Emily Richings
Although his abbreviated WBC participation this spring was popularly tied to his free agency this fall, Skubal said the decision was simply based on a history of velocity that rises later in the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Trading will be abbreviated by a day in the week ahead, 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
When my dizziness cleared away, I found myself sitting on a small bed sheltered by a kind of abbreviated dark green canopy.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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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
As other art historians have suggested, it may be impossible to think of their style as anything but collaborative, especially since Michel was an illustrator, adept at abbreviating forms.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
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
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
Page 25: 'abreviating' corrected to 'abbreviating'. "... as emphasizing, by descriptively abbreviating, these two epithets,..."
From Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 by Various
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