BOWDLERIZATIONS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

bowdlerizations

noun

plural of bowdlerization

as in summaries

a shortened version of a written work this bowdlerization of "Moby Dick" simply eliminates all the chapters on whaling and cetology

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Many users express frustration with AI's inaccuracies, misleading information, and the intrusive nature of AI summaries.

— Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Agentic systems require enterprises to understand where personal data is transformed into summaries, classifications, profiles, embeddings or other persistent outputs that may still relate to an individual.

— Kobi Nissan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of summaries

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There will be controversy, grift and venality, supporters will get lost and lose themselves in a fog of legalese, accounting and abbreviations — VAR, SCR, LOL, FFS — there will be ugliness and misgivings and a lot of meh.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
For spacing purposes, Steele has removed the following words – left, at, by, went, had, in, the, to, for, and, then and got – and has crafted his own abbreviations.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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Picture a Sacramento employee called into a Friday afternoon meeting after years of solid reviews.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Many of the 175 findings in the report will not come as a surprise to those who have followed the flurry of lawsuits, investigative news reports and city and county after-action reviews.

— Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of reviews

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Some researchers suggest that past surveys already undercounted people who are deaf or blind or use wheelchairs.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Unedited excerpts from the surveys, in which candidates lay out detailed goals and policy analysis, can be found at the links below.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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