as in entire
not shortened by leaving out some parts; not abridged
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Meanwhile, The Tattooist of Auschwitz novel is also available as an unabridged audiobook for $17 (reg.
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Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
Instead of all this, the court should go back to the drawing board and toss out its ridiculous 2008 ruling in the Heller case, which first introduced the concept that the Constitution’s Second Amendment establishes a practically unabridged individual right to buy and own guns.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Even sympathetic lawmakers and judges understand that this approach not only could be measured in bloodshed, but contravenes the wishes of the constitutional framers, who did not in fact create an absolute and unabridged right for anyone anywhere to purchase weapons of war.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Maybe Scorsese could even release the unabridged set as a stand-alone.
—Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
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Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
Instead of all this, the court should go back to the drawing board and toss out its ridiculous 2008 ruling in the Heller case, which first introduced the concept that the Constitution’s Second Amendment establishes a practically unabridged individual right to buy and own guns.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Even sympathetic lawmakers and judges understand that this approach not only could be measured in bloodshed, but contravenes the wishes of the constitutional framers, who did not in fact create an absolute and unabridged right for anyone anywhere to purchase weapons of war.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Maybe Scorsese could even release the unabridged set as a stand-alone.
—Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabridged
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But struggles from the typically trustworthy Luke Weaver and the inconsistent Ian Hamilton — on top trouble from the entire relief crew during an embarrassing four-game sweep in Toronto this week — showed that the Yankees will have to add more people to get through it.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
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Moreover, resist the temptation to cut investments in divisions that build resilience for the entire company and/or bring accountability to the organization.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Miller, who had written only a brief outline at this point, wanted to visualize the film and effectively created an extensive graphic novel in the process.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Melvin Doyle, meanwhile, has an extensive criminal record dating back to his late teens.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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The report cites that as of Feb. 13, the district had 47.5 special education teacher vacancies among other vacancies including school psychologists, school social workers and speech language pathologists, all of whom are integral to special education services for students.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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The reports come as the success of Tesla's robotaxi division may be increasingly integral to the future of the company.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 July 2025
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That's why the attorney general and the FBI director pledged at the president's direction to do an exhaustive review of all of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and his death.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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An exhaustive in-depth investigation by The Post — okay, fine, a few conversations with staffers in Utah’s program — didn’t reveal any concrete answers to this particular riddle.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 July 2025
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Put another way, these levels are only of interest so long as the investment thesis remains intact.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
8 July 2025
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If the Senate does not act by July 18, the rescission effort will fail and the CPB funding will remain intact.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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Asian highlights include Japanese director Kon Ichikawa’s Odd Obsession; Kaidan by Masaki Kobayashi, which will be shown in an uncut version never been released before, and Vive l’amour by Taiwan’s Tsai Ming-Liang, which returns to Venice after winning the Golden Lion in 1994.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 July 2025
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Perhaps the seminal onscreen coke joke was Woody Allen’s sneezing into a bag of uncut powder in 1977’s Annie Hall.—
Steve Garbarino,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
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