abridged
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In 1991, Knopf published an abridged version of the journals with the Cheever family’s assistance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
This followed a 13-part, 13-hour series—Vietnam: A Television History—that premiered on PBS over 30 years earlier, in 1983, before being rebroadcast in abridged form on public television’s American Experience in 1997.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2025
I would love to hear an abridged history of soy/tamari, as well as what led to your family originally becoming involved in the practice?
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2024
I’ve seen two in my lifetime, both of them wisely abridged into two parts.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024
An abridged book, for instance, is a condensed version.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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