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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Instead, the parody designation is truncated and replaced with ellipses.
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
The gatherings took place as polls show a close race as little time remains for either candidate to attract voters in a presidential campaign already truncated by President Joe Biden's July decision to drop out and endorse Harris.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2024
Matthew did such a great job at truncating it while not losing that magic that Casey made.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
Why the scoring system came to be is a mystery, but it is meant to represent the quarters of a clock face (15, 30, 45 with game at 60), but 'forty-five' was deemed to be too long to say, so was truncated to 40.
—NBC News, 28 July 2024
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
The gatherings took place as polls show a close race as little time remains for either candidate to attract voters in a presidential campaign already truncated by President Joe Biden's July decision to drop out and endorse Harris.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2024
Matthew did such a great job at truncating it while not losing that magic that Casey made.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
Why the scoring system came to be is a mystery, but it is meant to represent the quarters of a clock face (15, 30, 45 with game at 60), but 'forty-five' was deemed to be too long to say, so was truncated to 40.
—NBC News, 28 July 2024
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“Truncate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncate. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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