curtailment
Example Sentences
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Energy-guzzling server farms could also help solve renewables' issue of curtailment, or the over-production of energy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Anna-Marie Duthie, travel insurance expert at financial rating firm Defaqto, says that if this happens after you have booked your trip, "you may be covered for cancellation or curtailment".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
A halt in flows there would be comparable in scale to the curtailment of Russian gas supplies to Europe, which sent prices soaring, Di Odoardo says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
The Doomberg article mentioned rising curtailment rates for renewables.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
He said the wastrie of the past three or four months was unbelievable, and it had to be made up by a steady curtailment of all household expenses.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Vocabulary lists containing curtailment
Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933), List 1
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 2
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Vocabulary from Readings 6, Unit 4
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