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HTML

<div>
    <p>This is a text that clips to ellipsis because it is long</p>
    <p>This is a text that clips to ellipsis because it is long</p>
</div>

CSS

div {
    width: 200px;
    padding: 20px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
}
//Solves the overflow issue of the white-space: nowrap div:after {
    content:'';
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    width: 20px;
    background: #fff;
    z-index: 1;
}
p {
    white-space: nowrap;
    display: inline-block;
}
p:after {
    content:'...';
    position: absolute;
    right: 5px;
    z-index: 2;
}