curtailment

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District Court ruled that conditioning minors’ social media participation on parental consent is “an impermissible curtailment of their First Amendment rights.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The Doomberg article mentioned rising curtailment rates for renewables.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

In Louisiana and parts of the Midwest, for instance, utilities have negotiated special large-load tariffs and contract terms with data-center customers that include higher base rates, upfront infrastructure contributions, and curtailment provisions during grid stress.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

He said Johnson's style of decision-making "may not be to everyone's taste" but added he was "wrestling with an enormously difficult question about the curtailment of liberty and the maintenance of access to healthcare".

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

A curtailment on the north and east was cheerfully submitted to, in order to assist in preventing the loss of the western jewel.

From The History of Peru by Beebe, Henry S.