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curtailment

[ker-teyl-muhnt] / kərˈteɪl mənt /


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Recent reports of delays or curtailment of Oracle’s Abilene data center, which is being built for OpenAI, did not negatively impact RPO this quarter, Moerdler added.

From MarketWatch Mar. 11, 2026

Still, Chambriard said, the curtailment of prolific oilfields lining the Persian Gulf raises the prospect of extended supply issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 9, 2026

Mr Paddick says he has seen "a curtailment of charitable giving".

From BBC Nov. 26, 2025

He said Johnson's style of decision-making "may not be to everyone's taste" but added he was "wrestling with an enormously difficult question about the curtailment of liberty and the maintenance of access to healthcare".

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

The west façade in Greek times as in Roman was simply a compression together in one plane of colonnade and wall—a combination to which the architect was forced by the curtailment of his plan.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin




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