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Another provision, the Privileges or Immunities Clause, declares that no state “shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Of course, the Constitution contemplates that democracy is the appropriate process for change, so long as that process does not abridge fundamental rights .

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2025

In other words, to the extent that selling shirts constitutes “speech,” denying Elster an exclusive right to do so does not abridge it.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2023

In televised remarks before the cabinet session, Netanyahu said it was "unthinkable" that the government would abridge the right to demonstrate or support any violence against protesters.

From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2023

“Listen, you guys published a book just after World War I. Do you think it might be a good idea for me to abridge it and we’d republish it now?”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

She abridges its plot, removing the second-generation narrative that bookends Brontë’s writing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

The amendment speaks solely to governmental action that abridges free speech, not to societal actions or the actions of other individuals.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2022

It abridges students’ right to receive information and express ideas at school, both of which are protected by the First Amendment.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2022

“It does not entitle the Florida Supreme Court to adopt, or this court to endorse, a rule of judicial conduct that abridges candidates’ speech in the judicial election that the Florida Constitution prescribes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2015

No state may make or enforce any law which abridges the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.

From Problems in American Democracy by Thames Ross Williamson

The 15th Amendment says that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

I first encountered Louisa May Alcott in an abridged children’s edition of “Little Women” that was brimming with pastel illustrations and tidy moral lessons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 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

There are abridged biographies of certain people throughout the book.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024

The brief but powerful text read, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The First Amendment to the US Constitution forbids Congress from "abridging" the freedom of the press.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The 1st Amendment guarantees only that the government refrains from abridging freedom of speech.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

The First Amendment prohibits Congress from abridging free speech, as well as from establishing an official religion or limiting religious liberty.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2024

My father read it to me, and I just quick skimmed along, crossing out whole sections when I did the abridging, leaving everything just as it was in the original Morgenstern.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman