abridgment
Example Sentences
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In 1952 Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas published a four-volume abridgment of his diaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The Supreme Court ruled without dissenting opinions that the law did not violate the US Constitution's First Amendment protection against government abridgment of free speech.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
The Met’s abridgment of Julie Taymor’s long-running production, a fairy tale of puppets and plexiglass, cuts down the work to 110 minutes and translates it into English.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
Fred Korematsu, a U.S. citizen, had been arrested in 1942 for defying the exclusion order and fought the abridgment of his civil liberties for forty years.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
“We have to read an abridgment, and it’s still a hundred and sixty pages long.”
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
Vocabulary lists containing abridgment
Novel Study: Hamlet, Acts 1–2
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Understanding Literary Forms: The Oral Tradition & Analyze Literature
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