Abridged
Abridged adjective - (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting.
Edited and abridged are semantically related. in summarized topic. In some cases you can use "Edited" instead the word "Abridged" as an adjective or a verb.
Edited
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The Princess Bride professes to be an abridged version that William Goldman had edited down.
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D.N.Angel has a plotline focused around the fictional fairytale Ice and Snow—which turns out to be the edited, abridged version of the original tale, Ice and Dark.
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Gratuitous Latin Hostile Show Takeover: In episode 16 Limone, irate over being chronically edited out of the abridged series, attempts a hostile show takeover by usurping Momoko's position as the leader of the Love Angels.
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