abbreviate
Example Sentences
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The greatest moment by a Dodger benchwarmer in baseball history, a guy so embedded in the landscape of Los Angeles sports that he will be forever known simply by two abbreviated versions of his name...
From Los Angeles Times
It will reopen on Friday for an abbreviated session that ends at 1 p.m.
From MarketWatch
This week is an abbreviated one for stock trading—markets are closed Thursday for the holiday, and both the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange close at 1 p.m. on Friday.
He has pitched twice since then: an intentionally abbreviated three-inning start 12 days ago, and a relief appearance five days ago, in Game 1 of this division series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
From Los Angeles Times
If there’s a scene that best encapsulates the tragically abbreviated career of John Candy, it’s not necessarily from his time on the sketch-comedy series “SCTV” or from movies like “Stripes” or “Uncle Buck.”
From Los Angeles Times
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