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abbreviate

[uh-bree-vee-eyt] / əˈbri viˌeɪt /




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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

Already, public health agencies, researchers and nonprofit organizations around the world have taken it upon themselves to abbreviate or shorten the controversial name.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Travelers in the know choose from multiple ways to abbreviate TSA line wait time.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2022

For the purposes of this chapter, we will abbreviate genes using the first letter of the gene’s corresponding dominant trait.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 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