as in shortening
to make less in extent or duration
the library's hours have been drastically abridged to cut costs
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Recent Examples of abridging
Advertisement The Fifteenth Amendment had prohibited denying or abridging voting rights based on race, color, or conditions of previous servitude.
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Melting sea ice has opened new shipping lanes, including the Northern Sea Route, dramatically shortening transit times between Europe and Asia.—
Paul McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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Speed, in this context, is less about haste and more about shortening the feedback loop between insight and application.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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Mobilizing Proxies Over the past two years, Israel has battered Iran’s regional network of proxies, significantly curtailing the regime’s ability to project power beyond its borders.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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The federal government is curtailing such efforts just as researchers call for more funding and, in some cases, long-term monitoring of people previously infected.—
Stephanie Armour,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Abridging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abridging. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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