- present participle of curb.
curbing
Example Sentences
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It also announced it was curbing pay of top leaders in academy trusts.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
The French parliament on Monday passed a bill aimed at curbing the rise of fast fashion, targeting major Asian e-commerce platforms such as Shein and Temu.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
Greenspan later wrote that he found the president to be "sadly paranoid, misanthropic and cynical", but the economist's success at curbing inflation impressed Nixon's successors.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
In his first interest-rate decision at the helm of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh showed that his aim is curbing inflation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026
My preoccupation with curbing my impulses, my speech, my movements, my manner, my expressions had increased my anxiety.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
