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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The goal is to capture people’s shortening attention spans amid a fractured media landscape, said Kate Trumbull, Domino’s chief marketing officer.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025 -
The powder will dry the rash in a way that wiping can’t do, shortening its life cycle.—
Lauren Silbert,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Decades of conservation action have mainly focused on protecting nesting females and their eggs and curtailing trade and the unsustainable harvest of turtles and their eggs.—
Nell Lewis,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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His administration also introduced stricter measures curtailing the participation of members who pursued gender-affirming medical treatments or changed their names, pronouns, or dress, a decision that drew criticism for marginalizing transgender members.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Abridging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abridging. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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