ABRIDGEMENTS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

abridgments

noun

variants or abridgements

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as in summaries

a shortened version of a written work this Italian-English pocket dictionary is an abridgment of the hardback edition

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In healthcare, for example, an admissions department that once required 10 people may need two as AI handles referral summaries, reimbursement assessments and coordination workflows.

— Dave Wessinger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The software could also generate summaries after each exercise.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

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There will be controversy, grift and venality, supporters will get lost and lose themselves in a fog of legalese, accounting and abbreviations — VAR, SCR, LOL, FFS — there will be ugliness and misgivings and a lot of meh.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
For spacing purposes, Steele has removed the following words – left, at, by, went, had, in, the, to, for, and, then and got – and has crafted his own abbreviations.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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