abridge

In other words, to the extent that selling shirts constitutes “speech,” denying Elster an exclusive right to do so does not abridge it.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2023

In televised remarks before the cabinet session, Netanyahu said it was "unthinkable" that the government would abridge the right to demonstrate or support any violence against protesters.

From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2023

Still, they raise antibody levels overall, and should help stave off severe symptoms and abridge the duration of illness, said Aubree Gordon, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan.

From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2022

Green, a Republican, told the Daily Press that he’s “certainly not going to abridge free speech” on a boat owner’s theme.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021

The producers hope to abridge Philip’s nine-hour opera about an engineer who tries to bridge the Grand Canyon. accept/except.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

She abridges its plot, removing the second-generation narrative that bookends Brontë’s writing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

The amendment speaks solely to governmental action that abridges free speech, not to societal actions or the actions of other individuals.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2022

It also brazenly abridges physicians’ freedom of speech.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2019

“It does not entitle the Florida Supreme Court to adopt, or this court to endorse, a rule of judicial conduct that abridges candidates’ speech in the judicial election that the Florida Constitution prescribes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2015

I do not say, Sir, that a form of words alters the nature of the law, or abridges the power of the lawgiver.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

And it can think coherently for so long that even an abridged version of the model’s “chain of thought” ran more than 75,000 words—the length of the first “Harry Potter” book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

The 15th Amendment says that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

In 1991, Knopf published an abridged version of the journals with the Cheever family’s assistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 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

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

The 15th amendment, which prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote on the basis of race, makes racial gerrymandering legally suspect.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026

In 1870, the 15th Amendment prohibited the states from denying or abridging the right of citizens to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

The 1st Amendment guarantees only that the government refrains from abridging freedom of speech.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

The First Amendment prohibits Congress from abridging free speech, as well as from establishing an official religion or limiting religious liberty.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2024

My father read it to me, and I just quick skimmed along, crossing out whole sections when I did the abridging, leaving everything just as it was in the original Morgenstern.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman