throttle
Example Sentences
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They have to run full out when power demand is highest and then throttle back the rest of the time.
From Barron's
He instead said the president will be the one to “control the throttle.”
From Los Angeles Times
In India, gas-intensive companies such as fertilizer producers might be forced to throttle back production, which could imperil crop yields in a country that still suffers from malnutrition.
The conflict with Iran throttled one of the key shipping routes for global energy and brought the world to the brink of a shock.
Kuwait said that it may have to throttle production as its oil storage facilities fill up, and other producers may also do so temporarily.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
