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curtail

[ker-teyl] / kərˈteɪl /


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The law includes sweeping measures to regulate AI chatbots and curtail "harmful content" online.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Even when pressed on the potential impact of a "quagmire" scenario in the Gulf that would curtail oil and jet fuel exports for several more months, executives did not appear overly alarmed.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Higher crude prices are expected to curtail global demand, particularly in Asia which is more reliant on crude oil from the Middle East, the EIA said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Despite her efforts to curtail his behavior at home, the very technology bought by schools to help democratize learning had become the medium through which he fell deeper down his rabbit hole.

From Slate • May 12, 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




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