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
This literally truncated the Orioles’ fan base by at least 50%.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2025
The company truncated the name to Max because Zaslav and other executives felt the need to create some distance from HBO’s signature shows to make room for the nonscripted fare of Discovery’s channels, including HGTV and Food Network.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
During the African leaders’ introductions, Trump asked the leaders speaking after Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to truncate their remarks.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 9 July 2025
In time, Shahn worried that his imagination was truncated by photography, or that people thought as much.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2025
The company truncated the name to Max because Zaslav and other executives felt the need to create some distance from HBO’s signature shows to make room for the nonscripted fare of Discovery’s channels, including HGTV and Food Network.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
During the African leaders’ introductions, Trump asked the leaders speaking after Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to truncate their remarks.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 9 July 2025
In time, Shahn worried that his imagination was truncated by photography, or that people thought as much.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truncate
shorten
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This dual-track model has the potential to not only strengthen the child-parent bond but also shorten the duration of therapy and improve long-term resilience.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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Those issues cropped up in the bottom of the fourth, shortening what had been a promising start.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Truncate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncate. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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