curtailment
Example Sentences
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Still, Chambriard said, the curtailment of prolific oilfields lining the Persian Gulf raises the prospect of extended supply issues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
The officially reported curtailment rate for late 2024 was 3.2%.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026
Starmer also said Britain would continue to raise human rights concerns with Beijing, including over "curtailment of freedom in Hong Kong".
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
Mr Paddick says he has seen "a curtailment of charitable giving".
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
There is thus a double tendency to error—on the one side to multiplication of generations, and on the other to curtailment by omissions.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil
Vocabulary lists containing curtailment
Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933), List 1
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 2
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Vocabulary from Readings 6, Unit 4
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