as in shortens
to make less in extent or duration
curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather
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In Tennessee, a pardon serves as a statement of forgiveness to someone who has completed their prison sentence and is no longer incarcerated, while commutation shortens a sentence but lets the conviction stand.—
JONATHAN MATTISE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Dec. 2024 -
Backflip’s technology dramatically shortens the design-to-production pipeline, empowering anyone to create complex, high-resolution 3D models in minutes.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Curtails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtails. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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