as in abridgement
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Recent Examples of curtailment
Water curtailments in 2022 cost Sacramento Valley farmers 14,300 jobs and more than $1.3 billion in economic value.
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Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent examples of months of inaction and delays are electric scooter regulation, sidewalk vendor curtailment and regulating vacation rentals.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
To succeed, the new model will require far greater state control over citizens’ lives and harsher curtailments of personal freedoms.
—Andrei Yakovlev, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
This will also necessarily result in curtailment of renewable production under some conditions, lowering the EROI of these renewable sources.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
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Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent examples of months of inaction and delays are electric scooter regulation, sidewalk vendor curtailment and regulating vacation rentals.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
To succeed, the new model will require far greater state control over citizens’ lives and harsher curtailments of personal freedoms.
—Andrei Yakovlev, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
This will also necessarily result in curtailment of renewable production under some conditions, lowering the EROI of these renewable sources.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curtailment
Noun
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At the start, Henry labored alone, and Frank applied himself to another joint project, an abridgment of the O.E.D.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The firm sued, calling the order a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of speech and Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process - a requirement for the government to use a fair legal process.—
Mike Scarcella and David Thomas,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Sometime early in the 21st century, Mom switched from vegetable shortening to butter.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the fight against invasive species, this productivity boost is transformative, saving scientific teams critical time in the lab and shortening the time required to successfully implement solutions.—
Pam Marrone,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Magnesium plays a role in muscle contractions that may contribute to cramping.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
2 Oct. 2025
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The contraction — the company also notched a monthly sales decline in September, unlike other large Chinese EV brands — comes as BYD slashed its sales goal for the year.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Curtailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailment. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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