curtailed
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The bank said it doesn’t expect inventories to actually reach those levels because history suggests demand would be curtailed first.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
With shipping curtailed and regional gas infrastructure damaged, both production and transport of key nutrients have been constrained, creating a supply shock in already tight markets.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
"If this goes on, these units are at risk of shutting down, or working at curtailed levels," he added.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Boeing’s jetliner deliveries soared 72% last year to 600 as production, curtailed over safety scrutiny, recovered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 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
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