as in shortens
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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Such heat shortens the parasite’s incubation time inside mosquitoes, increasing the odds of transmission.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025 -
And while vitamin C is essential for immune function, the evidence is mixed on whether taking Emergen-C shortens the length and severity of colds.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Truncates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncates. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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