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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The moonless nights of mid-May are a fantastic time to spot the glowing band of the Milky Way arching across the spring sky, before the encroaching twilight of the summer months shortens the viewing window.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 May 2026 -
The new, shorter course (who comes in and shortens a course?—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Truncates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncates. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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