Meaning of abbreviated

[Guest]

Test No. incompl/advan-87 "GMAT Verbal Quiz (10)", question 3

This is a sort of shortened version of what happened and has been ......... to fit into the newspaper.

(a) adopted
(b) attuned
(c) abbreviated
(d) added

Test No. incompl/advan-87 "GMAT Verbal Quiz (10)", answer 3

This is a sort of shortened version of what happened and has been abbreviated to fit into the newspaper.

Correct answer: (c) abbreviated

Your answer was: incorrect
This is a sort of shortened version of what happened and has been attuned to fit into the newspaper.
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Why does not "attune to" fit?

[Alan]

The only possible answer must be abbreviated because shortened appears in the same sentence.
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