abridge
Example Sentences
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“The Adding Machine” is often abridged to satisfy contemporary tastes.
From Los Angeles Times
She abridges its plot, removing the second-generation narrative that bookends Brontë’s writing.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
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.
The Precision crew offered to put me through an abridged version of the member experience.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
