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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
truncate .
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Examples
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The indictment of former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn truncates the career of a brilliant yet controversial figure, whom many considered a dilettante as a politician despite his coming within reach of the French presidency.
Economist's Rise on World Stage Was Marked by Repeated Setbacks David Gauthier-Villars 2011
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For some reason, the Widget version on my Macbook pro truncates the right side of the cards.
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It may help you get to sleep, but it truncates it.
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For parallelism, we can call this second intellectual strand the Hayek-Friedman tradition, though that unnecessarily truncates the list of Nobel laureates it has produced.
Empiricism and Dogma, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Carly truncates my name, another unexpected display of intimacy.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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Anti-gay bullying truncates a child's academic ability to excel.
Irene Monroe: When will the homophobic bullying cease? Irene Monroe 2010
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It may help you get to sleep, but it truncates it.
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Carly truncates my name, another unexpected display of intimacy.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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After a mere three or four hours of clicking, I mapped out an itinerary, which included Smith Tower and its 35th-floor observation deck and the outdoor-equipment retail behemoth REI (“Your [sic] first greeted by an amazing waterfall that truncates next to the outdoor hiking trail that the employees and customers use to test out mountain bikes”).
Weni, Widi, Wiki 2008
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After a mere three or four hours of clicking, I mapped out an itinerary, which included Smith Tower and its 35th-floor observation deck and the outdoor-equipment retail behemoth REI (“Your [sic] first greeted by an amazing waterfall that truncates next to the outdoor hiking trail that the employees and customers use to test out mountain bikes”).
Weni, Widi, Wiki 2008
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