curtailment
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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
Energy-guzzling server farms could also help solve renewables' issue of curtailment, or the over-production of energy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The abrupt curtailment had taken South Korea by surprise, the country’s foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday.
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
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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