abridge

Example Sentences

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“And taxpayer funds should never be given to third parties with the intent that they be used to censor lawful speech or abridge the freedom of the press.”

From Washington Times

But nearly all the liberal Jewish denominations have abridged or revised it in various ways.

From Washington Post

“I’m older and something has happened to my own voice as a writer — it’s deepened and gotten abridged and simplified at the same time,” he said with a grin.

From New York Times

They said the move violated Black voters’ guarantee of equal protection of the laws under the 14th Amendment, as well as the 15th Amendment’s prohibition against abridging the right to vote on account of race.

From New York Times

Eastman believed that the Constitution protects fundamental rights in a different clause of the 14th Amendment, which says that states cannot “abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens.”

From Washington Post