- present participle of curtail.
curtailing
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Has the time come for the Dodgers to consider curtailing his pitching?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Navy warships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz as part of an agreement to reopen the waterway, pressing its goal of curtailing America’s decades-old military presence in the Persian Gulf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Part of the problem with curtailing risk in a retirement plan is that Americans are living longer, and their portfolios need to last their entire life.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The canal is the third waterway to be subjected to conditions that are curtailing global shipping.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Poor child, she was bewildered by the many injunctions we laid upon her, and the curtailing of her freedom tried her sorely, though not a word of complaint came from her.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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