as in to shorten
to make less in extent or duration
the library's hours have been drastically abridged to cut costs
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Transposed to modern-day London, where Hamlet belongs to a wealthy family of Indian heritage, Karia’s version preserves the original text, albeit abridged, reordered and occasionally spoken by different characters entirely.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
Fair Districts amendments voters added to the Florida Constitution in 2010 also said boundaries should not be drawn in a way that abridged the opportunity of minority voters to elect representatives.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Other law firms, such as Perkins Coie and WilmerHale, have challenged the administration’s orders and petitioned federal courts to bar enforcement of these orders that, in their view, are retaliatory in nature and abridge their right to free speech and engage freely in the practice of law.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Note some answers have been abridged for space and clarity.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 May 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
Fair Districts amendments voters added to the Florida Constitution in 2010 also said boundaries should not be drawn in a way that abridged the opportunity of minority voters to elect representatives.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
Other law firms, such as Perkins Coie and WilmerHale, have challenged the administration’s orders and petitioned federal courts to bar enforcement of these orders that, in their view, are retaliatory in nature and abridge their right to free speech and engage freely in the practice of law.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Note some answers have been abridged for space and clarity.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 May 2025
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In 2020, the Italian F4 championship season came, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Germany’s ADAC Formula Four Championship, where Crawford missed the title by two points.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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An immediate switch back to the Red Sea would shorten supply chains dramatically, causing a temporary doubling of arrivals from Asia to Europe for two weeks.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sportsbooks won’t meaningfully curtail prop offerings without a fight.—
Danny Funt,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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But some federal services have been curtailed.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Abridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abridge. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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