variants
or abridgements
as in overviews
a shortened version of a written work
this Italian-English pocket dictionary is an abridgment of the hardback edition
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This can increase the chance of your answers being displayed (and your brand being mentioned) in AI overviews.—
Chelsea Tobin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Find a free calendar or to-do template online and print out weekly or daily overviews to keep everyone aware of what’s going on.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
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By the mid-20th century, abstracts had become ubiquitous in scholarly articles.—
Naomi S. Baron,
The Conversation,
13 Aug. 2025
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Prairie Village’s rules mirror Leawood’s, with similar outlines to age requirements for class 3 e-bikes in particular, yielding and giving audible signals to pedestrians, following manufacturer recommendations and not allowing distracted or reckless operation of the device.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Ascending patterns elsewhere in the strings blur the outlines of that governing idea.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Algorithms now insert punctuation, expand cryptic abbreviations, and hyperlink obscure citations to their sources.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Abridgments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abridgments. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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