abbreviate

Example Sentences

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When Carl Wilson and I were singing those parts back then, we’d abbreviate things — you can’t do everything you did in the studio with only five of us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

The strands consist of almost endless rows of four small molecules that we abbreviate to A, C, G and T.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024

“We can often abbreviate and accelerate what we can do in terms of training for Ukrainian army soldiers,” he told reporters Wednesday.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Meant to show strength and independence, Alzona’s sculptures abbreviate women’s bodies to such active parts as a torso or a pair of ankles and feet.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

“O for the P,” as Farmer would eventually abbreviate the term, was a simple concept.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French