curtail

Example Sentences

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When the extension cords running to the back popped the circuit breakers, repeatedly, he tried to curtail electricity usage in the camp.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

For years, nutrition scientists, food-policy researchers and public-health advocates have called for a definition of UPFs, along with policy changes that could help curtail their presence in our food supply.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

The article illustrated Wiles' approach to working with Trump's personality and instincts, rather than trying to curtail them, as some chiefs of staff from Trump's first term attempted to do.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

A deepening energy partnership with Russia, meanwhile, has helped curtail Beijing’s reliance on the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

By submitting guests to a mild form of the distemper, which should last for some few weeks, he might greatly curtail the mortality of his acquaintance and their households.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson