curtailment
noun
cur·tail·ment
(ˌ)kər-ˈtāl-mənt 
: the act of curtailing : the state of being curtailed
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What’s left of it was led, at least for a while, by a 29-year-old White House appointee who helped craft Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint that broadly calls for the curtailment of civil rights enforcement.
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J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
If the direct discomforts pile up or, even worse, the sudden curtailment of federal spending helps sink the already anemic economy, Democrats will certainly feel more pressure to give in.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2025
In past shutdowns, that has led to the closures of hundreds of national parks and museums, the curtailment of veterans' services, the suspension of health inspections, the postponement of immigration hearings and a slew of other impacts.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2025
While key elements of the book remain intact, some events and characters were changed and had to be streamlined, amongst them a curtailment of Bud the cat getting kicked around and detective Roman being a white man.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2025
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J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
If the direct discomforts pile up or, even worse, the sudden curtailment of federal spending helps sink the already anemic economy, Democrats will certainly feel more pressure to give in.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2025
In past shutdowns, that has led to the closures of hundreds of national parks and museums, the curtailment of veterans' services, the suspension of health inspections, the postponement of immigration hearings and a slew of other impacts.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2025
While key elements of the book remain intact, some events and characters were changed and had to be streamlined, amongst them a curtailment of Bud the cat getting kicked around and detective Roman being a white man.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Curtailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curtailment. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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