curtail
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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
"Demand for labour is weak, which should curtail workers' bargaining power and limit the scope for a pick-up in wage growth," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
A deepening energy partnership with Russia, meanwhile, has helped curtail Beijing’s reliance on the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
By submitting guests to a mild form of the distemper, which should last for some few weeks, he might greatly curtail the mortality of his acquaintance and their households.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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