abbreviate
Example Sentences
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The greatest moment by a Dodger benchwarmer in baseball history, a guy so embedded in the landscape of Los Angeles sports that he will be forever known simply by two abbreviated versions of his name...
From Los Angeles Times
It will reopen on Friday for an abbreviated session that ends at 1 p.m.
From MarketWatch
This week is an abbreviated one for stock trading—markets are closed Thursday for the holiday, and both the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange close at 1 p.m. on Friday.
Dodgers fans piled on later in that abbreviated 2020 season, picketing the Astros team bus as it drove into a stadium that was still off limits to spectators.
From Los Angeles Times
Legislation introduced at this point would go through an abbreviated review process, giving lawmakers less time to scrutinize the proposal and allowing limited public input.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
