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abridgment

[uh-brij-muhnt] / əˈbrɪdʒ mənt /


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In 1952 Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas published a four-volume abridgment of his diaries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

The Supreme Court ruled without dissenting opinions that the law did not violate the US Constitution's First Amendment protection against government abridgment of free speech.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2025

Democratic National Committee decision in 2021, banned any voting measure that "results in a denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race."

From Salon Jun. 8, 2023

The Met’s abridgment of Julie Taymor’s long-running production, a fairy tale of puppets and plexiglass, cuts down the work to 110 minutes and translates it into English.

From New York Times Dec. 18, 2022

“We have to read an abridgment, and it’s still a hundred and sixty pages long.”

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt




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