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curtail

[ker-teyl] / kərˈteɪl /


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Higher inflation raises the likelihood of the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates in a bid to curtail spending.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“The approval likely creates more competition in the retail market, and is likely to curtail multiples on selected exchanges,” TD Cowen analysts wrote in a Tuesday research note.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

None of it, however, has seemed to curtail fan interest in the series.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Despite her efforts to curtail his behavior at home, the very technology bought by schools to help democratize learning had become the medium through which he fell deeper down his rabbit hole.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

But now I understand the gravity of what I was proposing— that a four-year-old child be watchful, prudent, and shrewd, that I curtail your happiness, that you submit to a loss of time.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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