CURTAILMENT Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

curtailment

noun

Definition of curtailment

as in abridgment

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Recent Examples of curtailment Such an event would trigger emergency responses, including voluntary industrial curtailments. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026 Sideris said Duke was the first utility to require such curtailments from hyperscalers to get them onto the grid more quickly. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2026 In exchange for the curtailment of some freedoms, the people submit to an authority, thereby gaining protection and security. — George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026 The disruption reflects a broader curtailment of Holy Week traditions. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for curtailment

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Noun

All of which is beating around the bush on the way to say that the set was pretty unassailable for an abridgement of what is about to come on tour.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
The court found that the current cap violated the Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of freedom of speech.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Definition of abridgment

Noun

This cooling should result in Mercury shrinking in a roughly uniform way, and that would make these shortening structures common across the planet.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
The turnaround plan has largely been successful in shortening wait times, simplifying the menus, reversing the sales slump, and focusing on the brand's return to a coffeehouse community hub.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of shortening

Noun

That’s where cognition becomes impaired, muscle contraction becomes impaired, and metabolism actually slows.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Such optimism had for years been hard to find in a Hollywood ravaged by the pandemic, wildfires, labor strife, contraction and technological upheaval.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of contraction

Noun

These snakes kill their prey by constriction and then swallow it whole.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Those whose feet are wont to slip out of their kicks while in motion will be happy to know that the Novablast 6’s tongue and overall construction locks the entire foot in without constriction.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of constriction

Noun

The medium compression is just enough to provide a little tummy control, without leaving me feeling squeezed after lunch.

— Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026
The flattering design features a contoured waistband and medium compression for a shaping and lifting effect throughout.

— Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of compression

Noun

The Department of Defense is piloting a new tech contracting model, where companies can work at automating department processes and earn a percentage of the savings.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2026
Investigators accused him of obstruction of justice, unlawful contracting and, among other things, claiming $127,630 in expenses linked to fictitious missions and plane tickets for nearly a dozen trips.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of contracting

Noun

With this offensive, the Houthis have shattered a status quo along the coast, upended a truce that had largely held since 2022, and set the stage for further consolidation of their control of the north.

— April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Price has filled its runaway gap created last fall and is holding a solid consolidation area.

— Jay Woods, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of consolidation

Noun

There will be controversy, grift and venality, supporters will get lost and lose themselves in a fog of legalese, accounting and abbreviations — VAR, SCR, LOL, FFS — there will be ugliness and misgivings and a lot of meh.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
For spacing purposes, Steele has removed the following words – left, at, by, went, had, in, the, to, for, and, then and got – and has crafted his own abbreviations.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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