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truncated

[truhng-kay-tid] / ˈtrʌŋ keɪ tɪd /






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Anthropic said the government’s actions had contributed to the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in canceled, truncated or stalled contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Lithwick: Chase decided, in a very truncated opinion, that Turner’s apprenticeship violated the 13th Amendment’s prohibition of involuntary servitude and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 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

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

New World societies had just begun making bronze artifacts and had not yet started making iron ones at the time when the arrival of Europeans truncated the New World’s independent trajectory.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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