Why should you sometimes truncate a word by leaving out a letter or group of letters (e.g., creat rather than create)?

Truncating a word lets a search include multiple words that share the same beginning. For example, searching for creat may find create, creating, and creative, depending on the search system. This broadens the search to include different forms of the word, rather than limiting results to one exact form.

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