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My phone battery was running low, so I had to truncate the conversation.truncate = shorten by ending suddenly
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Jacob was still chewing over our truncated conversation when we got to Charlie's. (source)truncated = abruptly terminated
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He was racing along, his truncated tail held high, in the wheel Mr. McDuff had built for him. (source)truncated = abruptly terminating (suddenly ending)
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"You must imagine this staircase the way it was once, with the gas lamps burning all up and down the steps, like fireflies in the dark, and the balconies full of people. Not the way it is now, so—" He broke off, searching for a word. "Truncated?" Jace suggested dryly. (source)Truncated = shortened by terminating abruptly before the end
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Perry, who could never find trousers to fit his truncated lower half, wore blue jeans rolled up at the bottom and a leather windbreaker. (source)truncated = shortened
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Mostly, though, I threw all my frustration into building those perfect, truncated pyramids of fruit. (source)truncated = shortened by terminating abruptly before the end
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They had been able to secure a truncated copy of Pickney's Treaty, but the federal government had yet to provide the defense with any part of the Treaty of 1819. (source)truncated = shortened by terminating abruptly before the end (not entirely complete)
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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.† (source)
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...the future could be turned onto an unlikely path, but a better one. One that would lead to a living land after all, even if it was truncated; one that would lead someday to... (source)truncated = truncated (abruptly cut off)
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As I took hold of the handle of the door I heard an exclamation, oddly truncated at the end, and a click and a thud. (source)truncated = terminated abruptly
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At first, these individuals were known simply as "egg hunters," but this was quickly truncated to the nickname "gunters."† (source)truncated = shortened by terminating abruptly before the end
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After all I've done to avoid it, Iris, her mark, however truncated: initials chalked on the sidewalk, or a pirate's X on the map, revealing the beach where the treasure was buried.† (source)
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He looked back at the truncated stone pyramid on the desk.† (source)
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Hiro has cappuccino skin and spiky, truncated dreadlocks.† (source)
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Their truncated swimming-pool performances.† (source)
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The nine-thousand-meter peaks beyond were only hinted at by gray and white planes soon intersected by low clouds, but even so truncated were powerful to behold.† (source)
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