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abridged

[uh-brijd] / əˈbrɪdʒd /






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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

“Article V: A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025

Somewhere deep in the Heart of Stone, I relaxed, glad that the master’s irritation was based on Hemme’s angrily abridged version of the truth.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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