curtailment

Example Sentences

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Mr Paddick says he has seen "a curtailment of charitable giving".

From BBC

These include enforced disappearances, curtailments on peaceful assembly, and tightening of controls on freedom of speech.

From Seattle Times

Human rights groups have warned that Raisi, a former head of Iran’s judiciary, could oversee a further curtailment of freedoms.

From Washington Post

Lund believes that curtailments will become a much more routine practice in the state as the effects of climate change intensify.

From Los Angeles Times

But most of its policymakers are expected to stick to their view that the rise in prices is largely transitory, meaning no curtailment of the BoE's pandemic emergency stimulus programme.

From Reuters