as in to shorten
to make less in extent or duration
some of the quotations from the movie had to be truncated to fit on tie-in products
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Recent Examples of truncate
Cooper really spent parts of three seasons with Syracuse before the Tampa Bay Lightning promoted him, while two of Carberry’s three seasons with Hershey were truncated by the pandemic.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
The Ducks killed their first six penalties of the series but have since been touched up shorthanded on three of their past four PKs, with the fourth being truncated by an Edmonton infraction.
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Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
27 Apr. 2026
What’s also curiously glossed over — or at least truncated into a shorter segue than deserved — is Bernstein’s impact in Hollywood.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
23 Apr. 2026
The coup would have truncated nearly three decades of democratic rule in Africa's most populous country, which returned to democracy in 1999.
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ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
The Ducks killed their first six penalties of the series but have since been touched up shorthanded on three of their past four PKs, with the fourth being truncated by an Edmonton infraction.
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Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
27 Apr. 2026
What’s also curiously glossed over — or at least truncated into a shorter segue than deserved — is Bernstein’s impact in Hollywood.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
23 Apr. 2026
The coup would have truncated nearly three decades of democratic rule in Africa's most populous country, which returned to democracy in 1999.
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ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truncate
shorten
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After dealing with injuries that shortened his strong 2025 campaign, Giants starter Tyler Mahle is starting an MLB game for the first time since late May after straining his left hamstring.
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The explicit intent was to shorten filings and eliminate generic text.
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“Truncate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncate. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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