as in shortened
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 truncated
Some are empowered and evolved and some are truncated and lost.
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Thereafter, however, knee injuries in 2022 and 2023 prevented him from walking off the field healthy in Week 18 — and then a biceps injury in 2024 truncated his season to just five games played.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
Her figures are truncated and pushed over the edges of the frame, faces often obscured or composited.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nothing about this moment felt truncated.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Thereafter, however, knee injuries in 2022 and 2023 prevented him from walking off the field healthy in Week 18 — and then a biceps injury in 2024 truncated his season to just five games played.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
Her figures are truncated and pushed over the edges of the frame, faces often obscured or composited.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nothing about this moment felt truncated.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truncated
shortened
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That merely meant coach Brian Dutcher didn’t have to delicately parcel out playing time while massaging egos on his Mariana Trench-deep roster, and the bench shortened by circumstance delivered a 77-45 win powered by a pair of true freshmen and a typically frenetic defensive effort.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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In realistic conditions, where the pulse colors arrive at slightly different times (a phenomenon known as chirp), the plasma lens even shortened the pulses from 189 to 165 attoseconds.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Truncated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncated. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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