Shrinking a large test database: Can you create a new db with all the existing metadata but no data?

We have three very large nonprod repositories (over 3TB).  Dev and Test, especially, do not need to be as large as they are.  I understand shrinking the size is difficult because of referenced objects, released objects, etc.  Looking at it from a different angle, I'm wondering if we can somehow export the structure and metadata but without the data and then import publications and objects to build a new small database. 

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  • I'm interested in this subject for production environments, too. Maintaining the repository for active content and having a method for removing inactive content has been a longstanding need for us, especially since Tridion Docs is not our legal repository for records retention. Keeping it lean has a lot of benefits, but historically, I don't think it's an area that has been taken up from a support or strategy standpoint. 

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  • I'm interested in this subject for production environments, too. Maintaining the repository for active content and having a method for removing inactive content has been a longstanding need for us, especially since Tridion Docs is not our legal repository for records retention. Keeping it lean has a lot of benefits, but historically, I don't think it's an area that has been taken up from a support or strategy standpoint. 

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