bowdlerization

noun

Definition of bowdlerizationnext
as in summary
a shortened version of a written work this bowdlerization of "Moby Dick" simply eliminates all the chapters on whaling and cetology

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  1. summary
  2. abridgment
  3. abbreviation
  4. condensation
  5. review
  6. digest
Noun
  • But Kamara left a short time later, according to the District Attorney’s Office summary of the case.
    Jeff Mcdonald, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The social media platform already has agreements with both companies for summaries of Reddit posts to come up in Google searches and ChatGPT responses.
    Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of summary
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  • Thanks to CDs, and especially streaming, abridgments are now comparatively rare.
    Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • Soon enough, other companies and products entered the field for better (Recorded Books) or worse (abridgments).
    Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
Definition of abridgment
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  • The pages are covered with private abbreviations, mysterious drawings of circles and triangles in a range of configurations, phrases and bullet lists of words with no obvious connection: magic, virtues, initiation, rebirth, evil, success.
    Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 30 July 2024
  • Its notifications, which follow a format established in 1924, are written in ALL CAPS and filled with cryptic abbreviations.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of abbreviation
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  • López told our group of nine how the ancient Romans had used the tunnels as escape routes from invaders, then grabbed a few of the mysterious bottles, wiped off the condensation, and led us out into the sunlight to taste them.
    Megan Lloyd, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
  • And so it’s characterized by the condensation of chromatin, or of the DNA, inside the nucleus.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of condensation
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  • Their music tapped into hard knocks and entrepreneurial ambitions – but both wanted more than album sales and positive reviews.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of review
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  • The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news.
    Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • News The Bentonville library has arrived Nov 7, 2024 Go deeper (1 min. read) Get a free daily digest of the most important news in your backyard with Axios NW Arkansas.
    Alex Golden, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of digest
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