unabridged
adjective
un·abridged
ˌən-ə-ˈbrijd 
1
: not abridged : complete
an unabridged reprint of a novel
2
: being the most complete of its class : not based on one larger
an unabridged dictionary
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an unabridged reprint of a novel
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Production is nearly wrapped with over 2,000 recording hours logged to date to create these unabridged adaptations.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
November 18 will also see Simon & Schuster release an unabridged audiobook of 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One, read by Sean Penn.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 25 June 2025
This is the first time an unabridged version of the book will be released.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 24 June 2025
The project does not yet have a script, however, so development may take some time as Liman and the studio winnow King’s novel — which runs 1,153 pages in its 1990 unabridged version — into a single movie.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 24 June 2025
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
November 18 will also see Simon & Schuster release an unabridged audiobook of 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One, read by Sean Penn.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 25 June 2025
This is the first time an unabridged version of the book will be released.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 24 June 2025
The project does not yet have a script, however, so development may take some time as Liman and the studio winnow King’s novel — which runs 1,153 pages in its 1990 unabridged version — into a single movie.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 24 June 2025
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unabridged
adjective
un·abridged
ˌən-ə-ˈbrijd
1
: not abridged : complete
an unabridged reprint of a novel
2
: complete of its class : not based on one larger
an unabridged dictionary
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