Strip the ellipsis from the Genesis read more text in the Featured Page widget

functions.php

<?php
add_filter( 'get_the_content_more_link', 'custom_remove_ellipsis' );
/**
 * Strips the ellipsis from the Genesis more link.
 *
 * @param string $more_link_html The current more link HTML.
 * @return string The link HTML without the ellipsis.
 */
function custom_remove_ellipsis( $more_link_html ) {
	$link_without_ellipsis = str_replace( '&#x02026;', '', $more_link_html );

	return $link_without_ellipsis;
}