curtailed
Example Sentences
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Switzerland missed him badly when injury curtailed his World Cup in the last 32.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Meanwhile, tanker movements through the critical waterway are still curtailed and the global oil market continues to tighten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
But so, too, was the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which sharply curtailed the Democratic nominating fight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
It severely curtailed the ability of a president to quickly remove Federal Reserve officials, and thereby exert its influence over monetary policy, and reinforced the deference due to the independence of the central bank.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The wedding date of course, was unchanged—it wasn’t every day a country had a five hundredth anniversary—but all the festivities were either curtailed entirely or vastly cut down.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
