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curbed
adjective as in restricted
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adjective as in hushed
adjective as in limited
adjective as in pent-up
adjective as in silent
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- bashful
- buttoned-up
- checked
- clammed up
- close
- closed-up
- closemouthed
- dumb
- dummied up
- faint
- hush
- iced
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- inconversable
- indistinct
- inhibited
- laconic
- mousy
- muted
- noiseless
- nonvocal
- not talkative
- reserved
- shy
- silentious
- soundless
- still
- struck dumb
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- unheard
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
adjective as in smothered
adjective as in temperate
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Example Sentences
Khawaja Asif, the defence minister, said of the resignations "their conscience has awakened because their monopoly on the Supreme Court has been curbed and Parliament has tried to prove the supremacy of the Constitution".
But emissions have grown much less quickly over the past decade as renewables have taken off, providing hope that the world's warming trend can still be curbed.
Republicans also curbed a common practice by which attorneys inflated medical costs for injuries caused by car accidents.
Since assuming the presidency in 2023, Milei has successfully shocked the economy through austerity measures that have turned a fiscal deficit into a surplus, curbed inflation, and raised gross domestic product.
The group said inventories have normalised in the United States after an effort last year to cut stocks at US dealerships temporarily curbed production.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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