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My feeling is that in such a situation, it's not so much "truncating" the future as it is jumping ahead to it.

What's the Connection?: Red Sex, Blue Sex....From the New Yorker Debra W. Haffner 2008

Though it's hit some hurdles along the way, such as truncating one tower due to a rebar installation mistake.

TreeHugger 2009

Transmission intercept cut off due to terminal signal interference, truncating remainder of communiqué.

The Codex Continual » Agency Bio: Sam Herneson 2009

But truncating the primary season will only enhance their influence by making it harder for a candidate to recover from even a second or third place finish in either small state.

Florida Republicans for Obama 2011

And when the ratings results did not meet their expectations, they quickly axed the show, truncating what most likely would have been the next major franchise for the genre.

March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010

It's truncating careers, creating a lost generation of architects.

Guy Horton: Architecture's Terror and Wonder: A Conversation with Blair Kamin Guy Horton 2010

And when the ratings results did not meet their expectations, they quickly axed the show, truncating what most likely would have been the next major franchise for the genre.

24 « March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010

It's truncating careers, creating a lost generation of architects.

Guy Horton: Architecture's Terror and Wonder: A Conversation with Blair Kamin Guy Horton 2010

I ardently dislike it when they hover on top of a window casing, truncating the window and the view fig.

Position Curtains Alexa Hampton 2011

It's truncating careers, creating a lost generation of architects.

Guy Horton: Architecture's Terror and Wonder: A Conversation with Blair Kamin Guy Horton 2010