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Of course, the Constitution contemplates that democracy is the appropriate process for change, so long as that process does not abridge fundamental rights .

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2025

Thus, the majority in Mahmoud contends that storybooks like Uncle Bobby’s Wedding abridge free exercise by exerting a “coercive pressure” that undermines the plaintiffs’ ability to raise their children as they wish.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2025

In televised remarks before the cabinet session, Netanyahu said it was "unthinkable" that the government would abridge the right to demonstrate or support any violence against protesters.

From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2023

Green, a Republican, told the Daily Press that he’s “certainly not going to abridge free speech” on a boat owner’s theme.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021

Exception 2.—A few words ending in e drop the e before a suffix beginning with a consonant: as, judge + ment = judgment; lodge + ment = lodgment; abridge + ment = abridgment.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

She abridges its plot, removing the second-generation narrative that bookends Brontë’s writing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

The amendment speaks solely to governmental action that abridges free speech, not to societal actions or the actions of other individuals.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2022

It also brazenly abridges physicians’ freedom of speech.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2019

“It does not entitle the Florida Supreme Court to adopt, or this court to endorse, a rule of judicial conduct that abridges candidates’ speech in the judicial election that the Florida Constitution prescribes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2015

Any law which takes away or abridges these rights, or suspends their exercise, is not only an infringement upon their enjoyment, but an actual punishment.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

And it can think coherently for so long that even an abridged version of the model’s “chain of thought” ran more than 75,000 words—the length of the first “Harry Potter” book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

The 15th Amendment says that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

Dunthorne had access to the German original, about 1,800 typewritten pages, as well as to a translated, abridged version distributed to family members.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025

If there’s a disadvantage to this abridged election, Stutzman said, it’s the limited time Harris has to introduce herself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024

So she’s learned to tell an abridged version.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

“Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

It’s an American flag inscribed with the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2025

The 1st Amendment guarantees only that the government refrains from abridging freedom of speech.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

The First Amendment prohibits Congress from abridging free speech, as well as from establishing an official religion or limiting religious liberty.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2024

My father read it to me, and I just quick skimmed along, crossing out whole sections when I did the abridging, leaving everything just as it was in the original Morgenstern.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman