abridged

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

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

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

There are abridged biographies of certain people throughout the book.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

The brief but powerful text read, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote 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