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This phrase is a heading in a business-Japanese book. Underneath, the book
talks about avoiding casual contracted words in the office and on phone calls.

From what I know about 留める(とどめる), which is a transitive verb, I would think
「... **を** 留めましょう」 would be correct here. Although I can find examples of
「...に留める」, I can't find any that, to me, would make sense here. What does
「...に留める」 mean in this context?
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What is the に doing in「略語は社内での使用に留(とど)めましょう。」?
One way to understand it is to think that これを is omitted.

So verbosely, the sentence says

> 略語(について)は、これを社内での使用に留{とど}めましょう,

which literally means

> Regarding abbreviations, let's keep this to internal use.

* * *

It is fairly common to move objects to the front this way.

  * この本はもう読み終えた I finished reading this book.
  * 必要なものは買った I bought necessary things.

* * *

The famous [Article 9 of the Japanese
Constitution](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%9B%BD%E6%86%B2%E6%B3%95%E7%AC%AC9%E6%9D%A1)
has the following:

> 第九条 **日本国民は** 、正義と秩序を基調とする国際平和を誠実に希求し、国権の発動たる **戦争と、武力による威嚇又は武力の行使は**
> 、国際紛争を解決する手段としては、 **永久にこれを放棄する** 。 ②
> 前項の目的を達するため、陸海空軍その他の戦力は、これを保持しない。国の交戦権は、これを認めない。

A literal translation of the bold part would be

> The Japanese people, regarding war and threat or use of forces, renounce
> these forever.
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