abridged
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I first encountered Louisa May Alcott in an abridged children’s edition of “Little Women” that was brimming with pastel illustrations and tidy moral lessons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
The Precision crew offered to put me through an abridged version of the member experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 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
There are abridged biographies of certain people throughout the book.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
I will paint for him not only the visible universe, but all that he can conceive of nature’s immensity in the womb of this abridged atom.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing abridged
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Eight
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The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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