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curb
noun as in restraining device; check
verb as in repress, restrict
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It’s aiming to build economic credibility and curb borrowing costs so it can ward off activist investors using the bond market to influence government policy.
It’s aiming to build economic credibility and curb borrowing costs so it can ward off activist investors using the bond market to influence government policy.
It aims to stop under-nines from chatting without parental consent and to curb conversations between adults and minors online by placing users into six age bands ranging from under-nines to over 21s.
Nine years after imposing a statewide alcohol ban to curb addiction, domestic violence, and financial ruin among its poorest families, Bihar - India's poorest state - still struggles to gauge the policy's effectiveness.
Outside the theater, dozens of carriages were lined up at the curb.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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