abridgment

variants or abridgement

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Recent Examples of abridgment At the start, Henry labored alone, and Frank applied himself to another joint project, an abridgment of the O.E.D. Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 The firm sued, calling the order a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of speech and Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process - a requirement for the government to use a fair legal process. Mike Scarcella and David Thomas, USA Today, 3 May 2025 The court later ruled that Congress’ efforts to impose similar limits with respect to noncitizens being detained at Guantanamo Bay under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 were an unconstitutional abridgment of habeas corpus rights. Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025 Nationalism has been a liberating force, but it has also been exploited to justify the abridgment of rights. Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 Soon enough, other companies and products entered the field for better (Recorded Books) or worse (abridgments). Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 22 June 2024 One of the common frustrations of watching movies adapted from books is the inevitable abridgment of the source material. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023 Nation/World As school gets underway and coronavirus cases rise, masks are returning to some American classrooms - and reviving the country’s fraught political debate over whether face coverings are common sense or an abridgment of freedom. Hannah Natanson, Fenit Nirappil, Maegan Vazquez, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abridgment
Noun
  • Here’s an overview of Walmart’s openings for 2025, as well as the retail giant's upcoming new store that's slated to open before the year closes.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Rocha’s life story The opening statement from Rocha’s public defender, Stephen Reynolds, gave an overview of Rocha’s life story, with family members set to testify on his behalf.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Also bear in mind that while these benchmark results above outline one optimal implementation of the X2 family, that won’t be the only guise that these chips show up in, by far.
    Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Though the electronic posters come in different colors, all of them feature the outline of Swift’s Eras Tour stage — which just so happens to closely resemble a key.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The study’s abstract is available on the ASTRO Annual Meeting 2025 website.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Consistent messaging, for press releases, webinar abstracts, email campaigns and analyst briefings, makes life so much easier when building category leadership and brand credibility.
    Guy Murrel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Desert lizards evolved scales that channel condensation directly to their mouths.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Sisters flit in and out of the house while others gab about the new semester, sipping on iced coffees that are quickly gathering condensation.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The first two abbreviations are easy enough to understand.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Joshua Jahn wrote using an abbreviation for armor-piercing, according to the FBI.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Abridgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abridgment. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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