truncate
Example Sentences
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This whole thing, some might say, truncated my career; maybe in one aspect, but it made it more dynamic in other aspects and more laden with possibility.
From Los Angeles Times
At the very start of primary school, his education was truncated by his father's death.
From BBC
Still, truncated as this history may be, these galleries highlight a strength other museums lack—and are racing to catch up with.
And because, “as has been frequently noted,” the investigation had been “truncated” to three months, there hadn’t even been time to review some of the documents UC produced, the memo said.
From Salon
When price caps truncate the payoff window, many of their projects never get financed or are abandoned.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
