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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

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

Travelers in the know choose from multiple ways to abbreviate TSA line wait time.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022

He had to abbreviate his schedule in 2021, missing Wimbledon, the delayed Tokyo Olympics and the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 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

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

Frantically he bows; arises; makes the signs of the cross, goes through the genuflexions, abbreviates all his gestures, the sooner to be finished.

From In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris

Through Wednesday’s abbreviated outing, Snell has a 1.86 ERA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 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

She had worked all her life; even as a small child, her school year was abbreviated so she could chop cotton for a few months on the plantation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“It mentioned a boy whose name she abbreviated as T. It was a boy she liked.”

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

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

But the hastily built websites can be tripped up by someone abbreviating a word or putting an extra space in an address.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2020

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 would be out of the question to have one person abbreviating Alabama one way and another person another.

From Paul and the Printing Press by A. O. (Arthur O.) Scott