as in to shorten
to make less in extent or duration
the library's hours have been drastically abridged to cut costs
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Wilson even points out that other faith traditions have different views on when life begins — and argues that by trying to block Question 1, the church is in effect trying to abridge their constitutional right to religious freedom.
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Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2024
The First Amendment right against abridging the freedom of the press is no shield for lawbreaking, so Gonzalez has to establish whether Seligson was a participant in this offense or an observer.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
Unlike the First Amendment—which prohibits abridging the freedom of speech—the Second Amendment bans infringing upon the right to bear arms, a very different construction.
—Saul Cornell / Made By History, TIME, 26 July 2024
Responses have been edited for clarity and abridged.
—Christina Avery, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
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“Abridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abridge. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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