as in shortening
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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shortening
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But warming is disrupting this balance, reducing snowfall, shortening the precipitation season, and in some cases shifting it from snow to rain.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025 -
This week, during a meeting of that council, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the administration was considering shortening the window for postdisaster funding.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Truncating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncating. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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