curtailment
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Curtailment is most pronounced and frequent in energy islands: geographical islands like Hawaii and electricity islands like Texas.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2016
Curtailment of lead supplies for civilian use may mean fewer auto batteries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Curtailment of expenditures has been made principally at the expense of the fighting fleet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Curtailment of auto production, which used 1,234,000 net tons of iron in engine blocks, etc. in 1939, will relieve part of this shortage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Curtailment of imports during the war greatly stimulated the development of artificial abrasives and their substitution for emery and corundum.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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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