curtailment
Example Sentences
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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 curtailment of First Amendment rights is dangerous at any time, and even more so in a time of war,” Friedman wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
China’s solar curtailment hit 6.6% in the first half of 2025, up from 3.9% the year before.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026
Mr Paddick says he has seen "a curtailment of charitable giving".
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
He was in the wrong key and he came out two or three syllables behind on most of the lines, but undismayed by the sudden curtailment went boldly ahead on the next.
From The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife by Firebaugh, Ellen M.
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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