truncate
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They are rewriting course material and asking students to truncate class discussions about race and sex, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
But the constitutional terrain would shift in one essential respect: Courts would no longer be permitted to truncate the narrative.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2025
“In order to do a new rule or undo an old rule, you still have to go through the rulemaking process. I suspect they’re going to try to truncate that in some way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024
"We shall continue to protect the peace and security of Sierra Leone against the forces that wish to truncate our much-cherished stability," Bio said on social media.
From Reuters ● Nov. 26, 2023
He pointed out that it was relatively easy to pronounce, though there was the danger that Americans, obsessed with abbreviation, would truncate it to Nick.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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“It truncates the closure of his character. It doesn’t alter it, but it truncates it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
This low carbon-use efficiency substantially truncates the CO2-fertilization effect.
From Nature ● Apr. 7, 2020
In short, Fea’s individualist focus truncates his analysis repeatedly throughout his book, despite his clear understanding and concern for the importance of community.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2018
She truncates her home-town visit and dashes back to Romania to return to work, where she’s preparing a plan for an oil company to outsource labor and throw employees out of work.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2016
An inner circle struck through the intersections of the circles by the tangents, truncates the cusps.
From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin
And that’s not greatly practical for smartphone devotees, who are already getting a truncated image of one weather possibility that was sent before the model was scheduled to refresh.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The minutes were shorter but not as terse as some economists feared, though some of the description of the discussions seemed truncated.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
It jumped 1.1%, following two down sessions to end the truncated week heading into the July 4 weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
We expect exchanges will be under significant pressure to add so-called zero-dated options, whose truncated expiration cycles enable investors to bet on daily stock swings.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Bones stuck out of his back like truncated wings.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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In a world where everyone wants to stay ahead of the truncating trend cycle, customization has become king, which makes the flavor-specificity of a refresher feel far more worth the money.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
It would almost certainly lead these areas to be cordoned off from public use, truncating shared spaces for recreation and nature access and the benefits that come with them.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2025
There had been talk of truncating the torch relay given the risks, but organizers decided to plow on with the event, which is sponsored by companies such as Coca-Cola and Toyota.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2021
With his severe ankle sprain from last season’s playoffs lingering into the summer and truncating his workout time, his explosiveness is still lacking.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2017
It was as though there were in them two contradictory things: an inconsistent character, believing in nothing, and discursive Reason, intent on truncating, mowing down, and crushing life, without regard for anything.
From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Gilbert Cannan
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