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abridged

[uh-brijd] / əˈbrɪdʒd /






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And it can think coherently for so long that even an abridged version of the model’s “chain of thought” ran more than 75,000 words—the length of the first “Harry Potter” book.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

In 1991, Knopf published an abridged version of the journals with the Cheever family’s assistance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

This followed a 13-part, 13-hour series—Vietnam: A Television History—that premiered on PBS over 30 years earlier, in 1983, before being rebroadcast in abridged form on public television’s American Experience in 1997.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2025

“Article V: A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025

He had been learning about journalism at school, from a textbook, and it seemed to him that his father had abridged some basic journalistic principle.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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