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abbreviated

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verb

past tense of abbreviate

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Recent Examples of abbreviated
Adjective
Now 73, Obst still has the best stories, but the sentences are punchier, more abbreviated. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024 His shoots are very abbreviated: the first film took nine days, the second one six days. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2023
Verb
But brain-computer interfaces (often abbreviated BCI) are the way of the future. John Werner, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 Below, our Istanbul Airport food guide for the best places to eat at the new $12 billion hub (opened in 2018, it's often abbreviated as IST or IGA). Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for abbreviated 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abbreviated
Adjective
  • That's the abridged version of the tricky nature of prosecuting a murder case without a body.
    Fox News, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • On Friday, Burrows, R-Lubbock, made public his request to Uvalde District Attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee for an abridged video from a school hallway camera to be released.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 11 July 2022
Verb
  • Instead of being sent on a trip to Disney World, the householders are involved during the renovation process, which has been shortened from one week to four days.
    Maxwell Millington, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
  • At the same point in the 2020-21 season, which was also shortened by the pandemic, the Kings were 13-20.
    Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Read on for a condensed and edited version of the conversation.
    Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Because of the condensed formations coaches from this tree like to use, the corner has a shorter distance to the quarterback.
    Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In Cuban music, mambo evolved to describe a musical style and dance that emerged in the 1940s, characterized by syncopated rhythms and energetic movements.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Rooted in syncopated beats and live performances, go-go has provided the soundtrack to countless DC block parties, political protests, and neighborhood gatherings.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 24 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • But there is a 10% to 20% chance of thunderstorms across the region, which could happen at any time, and could bring isolated, brief heavy rainfall at rates of half an inch an hour, Kittell said.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Questlove and editor Joshua L. Pearson visually annotate every major marker of Sly and the Family Stone’s brief, enormous career, which was very well documented.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025

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