How to Use abridgment in a Sentence
abridgment
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That, plus a picture of Lincoln’s stovepipe hat, remains its best abridgment.
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Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Without ever using the words, this House of the Dragon season evokes all-too-real fears about police funding, abridgment of freedom of speech and the insidiousness of theocratic rule.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2026
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The dispute centers on whether these limits violate the Constitution's First Amendment protection against government abridgment of freedom of speech.
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Will Dunham,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
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The court found that the current cap violated the Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of freedom of speech.
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Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board candidates who are suing the Shelby County Election Commission over term abridgment had a win in court recently.
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Brooke Muckerman,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
8 Jan. 2026
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