Abbreviation for 'continued,' used to indicate that text, narrative, or discussion continues on another page or in another section.
Simple abbreviation formed by taking 'cont' from 'continued' and adding 'd,' following common abbreviation patterns in English; widely used in newspapers, books, and documents since the 19th century.
Before websites existed, 'contd' on page 17 meant you had to physically hunt through a newspaper or magazine to find the rest of the story—it's a punctuation mark from the pre-internet era that's mostly disappeared.
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