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
Another way of broadening the search is by truncating a term using an asterisk (*).
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Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2025
My personal opinions on truncating an adventure into achievement alone probably aren’t really welcome in that commercial environment.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
All four players had fond memories of the tournament, with Dostál offering a bit of good-natured ribbing toward Pastrnak and recalling not only his triumph of 2024 but his first experience in 2022, when his tournament was truncated by an injury.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025
However, there is no compelling reason to believe that truncating the number of neurons is an optimal strategy.
—Sam Mugel, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2025
My personal opinions on truncating an adventure into achievement alone probably aren’t really welcome in that commercial environment.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
All four players had fond memories of the tournament, with Dostál offering a bit of good-natured ribbing toward Pastrnak and recalling not only his triumph of 2024 but his first experience in 2022, when his tournament was truncated by an injury.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025
However, there is no compelling reason to believe that truncating the number of neurons is an optimal strategy.
—Sam Mugel, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truncate
shorten
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Drake, a frequent collaborator, has so far scored 135 placements between Nos. 1 and 10 on the tally, which previously featured more than 10 spaces, but which was shortened several years ago.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Boelter is a married father of five but often stayed at Carlson’s home in North Minneapolis to shorten his commute from Green Isle, Minn., to work.—
Jim Mustian,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025
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“Truncate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncate. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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