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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abridging
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After shortening the bench late in regulation and 15 minutes of overtimes Saturday against Boise State, Dutcher had used his full 11-man rotation five minutes into the game in the rarefied air of Reno and got a balanced performance from pretty much everyone.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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But otherwise, Dale Hunter, who is famous for shortening his bench with the London Knights, never did in this tournament.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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But lawmakers and Kemp have balked at curtailing those measures in recent years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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In virtually all cases outside of Detroit, newspapers concluded their partnerships with mergers, one partner shuttering its operations or the smaller paper dramatically curtailing operations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Abridging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abridging. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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