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
The eight episodes are truncated instead of the typical hour, running 30 minutes or less.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
But now the minor leagues have been truncated and organizations have smaller reserve lists.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
There would have been a few more episodes, so some stuff got truncated because of time issues.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2024
Lewis likes to say his era — before the ground game was truncated by pass-heavy schemes — was the last of a dying breed.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
But now the minor leagues have been truncated and organizations have smaller reserve lists.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
There would have been a few more episodes, so some stuff got truncated because of time issues.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2024
Lewis likes to say his era — before the ground game was truncated by pass-heavy schemes — was the last of a dying breed.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Truncate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncate. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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