These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'abridgment.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2019 In 40 years, researchers have failed to build abridgments of QCD that fit the data much better than the naive quark model. For example, to make an abridged copy of a book means to reduce the number of words in a book. 2019 Businesses are routinely targeted with six- or seven-figure lawsuits over what are often clerical or good-faith abridgments of the state’s 1,100-page labor code. In a generic sense the term abridge means to cut short. 2020 The conductor Lothar Koenigs, working with an abridgment of the score that loses the overture and entire numbers, drew elegance and breadth from the Met orchestra and chorus. ![]() 2020 On the other hand, his decision to allow the country’s security services to electronically monitor the movements of those who have been ordered into quarantine does raise real concerns about the abridgment of civil liberties. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. abridge transitive verb -brij abridged abridging : to diminish or reduce in scope no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States U.S. ![]() 2021 But Oakeshott’s most vehement critique of rationalism was its abridgment of the poetic aspect of the human condition. 2022 Project Veritas also sent a letter to Politico stating its views on the news outlet’s abridgment. 2021 Worcester’s abridgment of Webster appeared in 1829, and then Worcester’s own dictionary in 1830. Recent Examples on the Web Escalating the conflict over the teaching of race, the American Federation of Teachers’ New Hampshire affiliate filed a lawsuit Monday charging that the state’s new law, restricting certain lessons, is unconstitutionally vague and an abridgment of free speech.
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