curtail

Example Sentences

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When the extension cords running to the back popped the circuit breakers, repeatedly, he tried to curtail electricity usage in the camp.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

For years, nutrition scientists, food-policy researchers and public-health advocates have called for a definition of UPFs, along with policy changes that could help curtail their presence in our food supply.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

He points to one study showing that hot-yoga classes can curtail depression more effectively than antidepressant drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

The article illustrated Wiles' approach to working with Trump's personality and instincts, rather than trying to curtail them, as some chiefs of staff from Trump's first term attempted to do.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

But now I understand the gravity of what I was proposing— that a four-year-old child be watchful, prudent, and shrewd, that I curtail your happiness, that you submit to a loss of time.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates