curtailed

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The move shut down or curtailed operations at about 30 GM plants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Last year’s figure was the lowest since the pandemic, when international movement was curtailed, and the second-lowest since comparable figures began to be collected in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

As a result, the report argues, the Irish language is often seen as something that should be "curtailed" in a united Ireland.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

When the Argentine authorities put symptomatic patients in isolation and told contact cases to self-quarantine, it "likely curtailed further spread", the study said.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

By choice I do not consult the movie ratings of the Legion of Decency, and my reading is not curtailed by the Index.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez