The government may have made a correction to your tax return, resulting in a lower than anticipated refund. Again, you'll get an official explanatory letter when this happens. You can also get this information by looking up your refund at the IRS Where's My Refund page.
Also, the TurboTax FAQ provided below will give you some more reasons as to why it may have been lower than expected.
Why did my refund go down compared to last year's?
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