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Recent Examples of curtailed
David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The missing context is that Disney severely curtailed the release of the film because of the Chinese government’s pushback.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
That’s how the Stanford baseball player — whose athletic aspirations were curtailed by a shoulder injury junior year — ended up in investing.
—Stav Ziv, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
He was not required to take any drug tests and his access to players was not curtailed, the family’s attorney added.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
The passage of the referendums, whether both are approved or just one, will determine if the program reaches solvency, continues to limp along or must be significantly curtailed.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Many activists and journalists were imprisoned, press freedoms curtailed, organizations disbanded, and the Umbrella Movement was thoroughly crushed.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
The administration has bolstered military presence along the southern border, curtailed access to asylum through emergency powers, and accelerated mass deportations.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Following Fidel Castro’s departure from public life in 2008, Cuba’s subsequent leader, and Fidel’s brother, Raul Castro, announced a series of gradual steps intended to encourage private enterprise that had long been curtailed by the government.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
But some federal services have been curtailed.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The missing context is that Disney severely curtailed the release of the film because of the Chinese government’s pushback.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
That’s how the Stanford baseball player — whose athletic aspirations were curtailed by a shoulder injury junior year — ended up in investing.
—Stav Ziv, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
He was not required to take any drug tests and his access to players was not curtailed, the family’s attorney added.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
The passage of the referendums, whether both are approved or just one, will determine if the program reaches solvency, continues to limp along or must be significantly curtailed.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Many activists and journalists were imprisoned, press freedoms curtailed, organizations disbanded, and the Umbrella Movement was thoroughly crushed.
—Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
The administration has bolstered military presence along the southern border, curtailed access to asylum through emergency powers, and accelerated mass deportations.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Following Fidel Castro’s departure from public life in 2008, Cuba’s subsequent leader, and Fidel’s brother, Raul Castro, announced a series of gradual steps intended to encourage private enterprise that had long been curtailed by the government.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curtailed
Adjective
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That's the abridged version of the tricky nature of prosecuting a murder case without a body.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2023
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For theater owners, even the abridged period of theatrical exclusivity is considered a win.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2022
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That merely meant coach Brian Dutcher didn’t have to delicately parcel out playing time while massaging egos on his Mariana Trench-deep roster, and the bench shortened by circumstance delivered a 77-45 win powered by a pair of true freshmen and a typically frenetic defensive effort.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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In realistic conditions, where the pulse colors arrive at slightly different times (a phenomenon known as chirp), the plasma lens even shortened the pulses from 189 to 165 attoseconds.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Ohtani threw 3 2/3 scoreless innings in an abbreviated start.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Key Takeaways Small caps lead weekly gains, Russell 2000 jumps 3.5% Jobs report shows strength, but private sector lags behind Markets calm despite tariff uncertainty and Elon Musk drama Despite the abbreviated trading week, stocks posted decent gains.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Evolution is incremental and Legends: Z-A is as significant as those increments can be within the confines of Game Freak’s condensed release schedule.—
Ryan Gaur,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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That’s an extremely condensed version of what ExpressVPN has gone through over the past few years.—
Jacob Roach,
Wired News,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Over the years, its syncopated rhythms evolved into new forms, including axé, a samba-reggae hybrid that’s a staple of Salvador’s yearly Carnival parades, and tropicália, a fusion of Afro-Brazilian rhythms and American psychedelia.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Three groups of Americans—Black, white, and immigrant Jewish—converge onstage, and as the nation roils with the energy of the early 20th century, the characters intermix, like the braided and syncopated chord progressions of the title.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In September 2023, under De Zerbi, Brighton’s opening goal again came from a cut-back, this time the right flank.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Both were from similar actions, where Paintsil tapped in a cut-back pass that nobody on Sporting’s back line anticipated.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Curtailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailed. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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