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curtailment

[ker-tayl-muhnt] / kərˈteɪl mənt /


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Energy-guzzling server farms could also help solve renewables' issue of curtailment, or the over-production of energy.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

South Korea’s foreign minister said the abrupt curtailment took the country by surprise, while the opposition party said it undermined the alliance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

"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

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

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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