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curtailment

[ker-teyl-muhnt] / kərˈteɪl mənt /


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Anna-Marie Duthie, travel insurance expert at financial rating firm Defaqto, says that if this happens after you have booked your trip, "you may be covered for cancellation or curtailment".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

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 officially reported curtailment rate for late 2024 was 3.2%.

From MarketWatch Jan. 21, 2026

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

From BBC Nov. 26, 2025

For the simple reason that the state is too rich to permit of any curtailment of the opportunity of intellectual growth for its young people.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various




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