- present participle of abbreviate.
abbreviating
Example Sentences
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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
And apologies were made, and understanding was reached, and they got back to abbreviating, and they said, “What’s next?”
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
DEFinitions: Report from Week 1238 In Week 1238 we continued three-letter abbreviating through the alphabet with some DEF, FED, EDF, etc., phrases.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2017
Nothing is gained in the end by unduly abbreviating these.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 by William Chambers
