See dot dot dot on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2001 May 8, Darin Horton, “build button, dot dot dot, ellipse”, in microsoft.public.access.forms (Usenet), message-ID <urUrrh71AHA.956@tkmsftngp03>:",
"text": "Is there a way, other then creating my own command button, that I can get the dot dot dot button next to a field on my form in Access 2000.",
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"ref": "2001 October 29, Matt Lane, “Making a Recordset Field Cut short with dot dot dot! Help !”, in macromedia.ultradev (Usenet), message-ID <B802F5BA.25E0%mlane@thefoundationdesign.com>:",
"text": "[the words dot dot dot are in the title]\nHow do I make a recordset field which may be cut short like on a search engine so it only displays a certain ammount of characters and then ends ...?",
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"ref": "2009 September 27, Chip Eastham, “Re: Repetition-Operator in mathematical formulas?”, in sci.math (Usenet), message-ID <601c1c83-5906-4713-95de-8cb76d47762e@p23g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>:",
"text": "The \"dot-dot-dot\" (ellipsis) is commonly used to indicate omitted terms or signs of the kind you ask about.",
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"(colloquial) An ellipsis."
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"ref": "2003 February 17, :-O< 8@:-O.:-O, “**IF I WAS JOE MILLIONAIRE, DOT DOT DOT******”, in alt.tv.real-world (Usenet), message-ID <fe835v0d383qv7bnsnpdda4jhlt0rqkv7o@4ax.com>:",
"text": "IF I WAS JOE MILLIONAIRE, DOT DOT DOT******\nI would have picked Eric from celebrity mole, lol.",
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"ref": "2006 June 13, turtoni, “I require your attention, because... dot-dot-DOT”, in alt.philosophy (Usenet), message-ID <GNWdnXo89tZ5zhPZnZ2dnUVZ_q2dnZ2d@comcast.com>:",
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"ref": "2013, \"Lawnmower Dog\", season 1, episode 2 of Rick and Morty [Rick and Morty survived being killed inside Mr. Goldenfold and found their house crowded with robot-armored dogs.]",
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"text": "Is there a way, other then creating my own command button, that I can get the dot dot dot button next to a field on my form in Access 2000.",
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"text": "[the words dot dot dot are in the title]\nHow do I make a recordset field which may be cut short like on a search engine so it only displays a certain ammount of characters and then ends ...?",
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