variants
or abridgements
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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Clinicians who wanted to compare new trial data depended on journals, institutional summaries or conference presentations.—
Ami Bhatt,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026 -
Add splits to run summaries (rolling out this week).—
Stevie Bonifield,
The Verge,
27 May 2026
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Do not send pictures, videos, emojis, group messages, slang, abbreviations or web links.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
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This is the page in the racing program full of numbers, abbreviations and lines that looks intimidating at first.—
Neil Greenberg,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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“Abridgments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abridgments. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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