curtail
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Curtail the right to bring in distant relatives.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2017
Submit questions on Twitter with the hastag #nytopinion or on Facebook » Should Workplaces Curtail E-Mail?
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2011
Curtail the money supply, let interest rates float, take all the bad housing loans at current market and put them with a reformed RTC closing the banks that couldn’t take the hit.
From Forbes • Sep. 4, 2011
Curtail a number, and leave a building for defense.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated by Various
Curtail a beautiful marine production, and leave a girl's name.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 by Dodge, Mary Mapes
Vocabulary lists containing curtail
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