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HTML

<div class='table'>
    <div class='row'>
        <div class='cell'>Something quite long</div>  
    </div>
    <div class='row'>
        <div class='cell'>
            here is some moreSomething quite long that should exceed the table cell.Something quite long that should exceed the table cell.
        </div>          
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.table{
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    display:table;
    table-layout: fixed;
    width:100%;
    max-width:100%;
}
.row{
    display:table-row;
}
.cell{
    display:table-cell;
    border:1px solid grey;
}
.cell:last-child{
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow:hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;    
}