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
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
Travelers in the know choose from multiple ways to abbreviate TSA line wait time.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 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
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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
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
Matthew again abbreviates, omitting many of the most striking and solemn features of the narrative as given by the other two evangelists, and he also diverges from them in mentioning two demoniacs instead of one.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
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
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
Finally, when there are only twenty minutes left, he makes us number off one-two and we break up into teams for an abbreviated game, thanks to what he calls “unfortunate events.”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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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
It is better to avoid abbreviating any but the longer names of states.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood
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