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HTML

<div class="explicit-width">
  <p class="truncated display-inline">
    This long line of text should be truncated
  </p>
</div>

CSS

.truncated {
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: inherit;
}

.explicit-width {
  width: 100px;
}

.display-inline {
  display: inline-block;
}