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curtailment

[ker-teyl-muhnt] / kərˈteɪl mənt /


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"I think once he got that curtailment letter, he thought there's no way out, they're telling me to leave, I need to do something."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The economy has been remarkably resilient in the past year in the face of weak sentiment, tariffs, an uncertain business environment, a sharp curtailment of immigration and a prolonged government shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

The officially reported curtailment rate for late 2024 was 3.2%.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

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

It remains to add that, in the interests of war-time publishing, the present version represents a curtailment of the Legend as it left the author’s hands.

From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Coster, Charles de




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