curtailment
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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
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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