TRUNCATE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for TRUNCATE, such as:
1. The report is also available in a truncated version.
2. If the list is too long, it will be truncated by the computer.
3. The review body has produced a truncated version of its annual report.
4. We truncate the top of a cone in a plane parallel to its base is a circle.
5. 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.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of TRUNCATE
truncate
 v.  cut the top off; make shorter as if by cutting off
Classic Sentence:
1  Our only clue lay in the truncated telegram, and with a copy of this in his hand Holmes set forth to find a second link for his chain.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
2  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.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XII
3  The two arms fell with a sudden force; they heard the hissing of the scimitar and the cry of the victim, then a truncated mass sank beneath the blow.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 66 EXECUTION
Example Sentence:
1  We truncate the top of a cone in a plane parallel to its base is a circle.
2  The report is also available in a truncated version.
3  The review body has produced a truncated version of its annual report.
4  If the list is too long, it will be truncated by the computer.