How to horizontally scale a Text element from a script?

I have a prefab that holds an empty Text component.

When needed, a new clone is made that takes data from a database to fill in the blanks of the prefab.

This works fine but some words get cut off when the Text is too large to fit in the rectangle I need it to fit in.

I want all of the text to show up and not get cut off.

I know about best fit but that one scales both vertically and horizontally and ends making the text hard to read.

Is there a way for me to scale the Text from the same script that initializes it depending on how large it is?