curtailment
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Singh said it can help limit the amount of "curtailment" -- the practice of reducing certain types of electricity because the grid cannot handle it.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
South Korea just saw an abrupt curtailment of this summer’s “Ulchi Freedom Shield” exercises with the U.S., following an order from President Trump to halt the drills early.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
A halt in flows there would be comparable in scale to the curtailment of Russian gas supplies to Europe, which sent prices soaring, Di Odoardo says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
He said the wastrie of the past three or four months was unbelievable, and it had to be made up by a steady curtailment of all household expenses.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Vocabulary lists containing curtailment
Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933), List 1
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 2
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Vocabulary from Readings 6, Unit 4
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