abridging

verb

present participle of abridge
as in shortening
to make less in extent or duration the library's hours have been drastically abridged to cut costs

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Recent Examples of abridging Advertisement The Fifteenth Amendment had prohibited denying or abridging voting rights based on race, color, or conditions of previous servitude. — Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abridging
  1. shortening
  2. curtailing
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  • But the decline of regional sports networks has changed the math in baseball, which is now actively considering shortening its season.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • De Meo is also scaling the ‘see-now, buy-now’ model, shortening the development and production cycle so that runway items hit the stores faster.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of shortening
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  • It has been well established that company scientists at Exxon and other fossil fuel companies accurately predicted global temperature increases and warned that sharply curtailing fossil fuels was the only way to avoid severe warming.
    — Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • India passed legislation curtailing online wagers last year, spoiling the value of gaming powerhouse Junglee after Flutter had paid $237 million to acquire 95% of the company looking to gain a foothold in the world’s most populated country.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of curtailing

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“Abridging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abridging. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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