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
My personal opinions on truncating an adventure into achievement alone probably aren’t really welcome in that commercial environment.
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
All four players had fond memories of the tournament, with Dostál offering a bit of good-natured ribbing toward Pastrnak and recalling not only his triumph of 2024 but his first experience in 2022, when his tournament was truncated by an injury.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025
However, there is no compelling reason to believe that truncating the number of neurons is an optimal strategy.
—Sam Mugel, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The results led to traces that were similar to the Alkali Flat tracks, with the poles dragged in the mud, truncating footprints.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
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Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
All four players had fond memories of the tournament, with Dostál offering a bit of good-natured ribbing toward Pastrnak and recalling not only his triumph of 2024 but his first experience in 2022, when his tournament was truncated by an injury.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025
However, there is no compelling reason to believe that truncating the number of neurons is an optimal strategy.
—Sam Mugel, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The results led to traces that were similar to the Alkali Flat tracks, with the poles dragged in the mud, truncating footprints.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truncate
shorten
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Among them, Florida is the only team to do so after playing a full 82-game regular season in all three years, as Tampa Bay’s first two seasons were shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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Only time separates us from that result, and what matters most is shortening that time.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
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“Truncate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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