Example Sentences

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Many places might require advance reservations and have abbreviated hours, so check their websites in advance.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

And many university health centers have abbreviated or nonexistent hours on weekends, when Plan B is often needed the most.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2017

Most of them have abbreviated labels that would mean nothing to a layperson, making it difficult to locate even the switch that turns the engines on and the stick that puts it into gear.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2012

I have abbreviated the letter as much as I could, and omitted to say many things very natural to be told, that I might not be tedious.

From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion

We have endeavoured to amend the uncouth and abrupt style of Purchas, but it was impossible to clear up his obscurities; and in many instances we have abbreviated or lopt off redundancies and unimportant particulars.--E.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert