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abbreviate

[uh-bree-vee-eyt] / əˈbri viˌeɪt /




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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

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

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

“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

The way Ms. Rebet abbreviates the men, especially, is lovely, like an elegant hieratic calligraphy.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2018

The new method abbreviates the time, since an electric current can tally almost simultaneously the data, the tallying of which by hand would be separated by appreciable intervals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

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 initial tournament in Serena’s comeback was abbreviated.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

She lost to Trump following an abbreviated campaign.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

It’s one of the things she’s always hated about life here: these chilly, abbreviated days of early winter, darkness descending mere hours after noon.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

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

He might have quoted the name of one of their own national airs as emphasizing, by descriptively abbreviating, these two epithets, namely, "Garryowen."

From Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 by Various




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