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abridged

[uh-brijd] / əˈbrɪdʒd /






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The Collegiate—an abridged, more manageable version of the company’s gargantuan International edition—was introduced in 1898 and had been revised roughly every decade thereafter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Signed in 1965 after years of organizing and unimaginable sacrifice, it was meant to realize the constitutional promise that the right to vote would not be denied or abridged on account of race.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2025

What I have provided hardly qualifies as a synthesis but more as an abridged list of a few messages that may emerge if we stop and reflect.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2025

I’ve seen two in my lifetime, both of them wisely abridged into two parts.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

It read “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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