truncate

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 9, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>truncate</strong> &#149; \TRUNG-kayt\&nbsp; &#149; <em>verb</em><br /> <p><em>Truncate</em> means "to shorten by or as if by cutting off."</p> <p>// Many statements in the court document were <em>truncated</em> before publication.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truncate">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"[Derrick White] has never logged more than the 68 games he registered in 2019-20, an NBA season interrupted and <em>truncated</em> by the onset of the pandemic." — Jeff McDonald, <em>The San Antonio (Texas) Express-News</em>, 30 Sept. 2021</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>The earliest use of <em>truncate</em> is as an <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truncate#h2">adjective</a> describing something (such as a leaf or feather) with the end squared off as if it had been cut. It makes sense, then, that the verb refers to shortening things. The word comes from Latin <em>truncare</em> ("to shorten"), which traces to <em>truncus</em> ("<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trunk">trunk</a>").</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>