abridge

Another provision, the Privileges or Immunities Clause, declares that no state “shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

The producers hope to abridge Philip’s nine-hour opera about an engineer who tries to bridge the Grand Canyon. accept/except.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

But this servitude is outward only, and abridges in no sort the liberty of private judgment.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II by Henry Cabot Lodge

It also happens to be a marvelously made movie, though the elder Kazan focused solely on the fourth and final section of the novel, leaving it not just abridged but a bit adrift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

A right can be denied outright, or it can be abridged, reduced, made less meaningful in practice while remaining formally available.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

“The Adding Machine” is often abridged to satisfy contemporary tastes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

In 1991, Knopf published an abridged version of the journals with the Cheever family’s assistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

I picked up the terms when Mr. Owen made us read an abridged version of Moby- Dick in ninth grade.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

The First Amendment to the US Constitution forbids Congress from "abridging" the freedom of the press.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

In 1870, the 15th Amendment prohibited the states from denying or abridging the right of citizens to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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

All abridging remarks and other comments will be in this fancy italic type so you’ll know.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman