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Recent Examples of curtailment
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.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2025
This can reduce the strain on the electric grid and help prevent the need for involuntary power curtailment or power brownouts, Holran notes.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 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
Some of China's curtailment is a symptom of inflexible power grids.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2016
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2025
This can reduce the strain on the electric grid and help prevent the need for involuntary power curtailment or power brownouts, Holran notes.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 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
Some of China's curtailment is a symptom of inflexible power grids.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curtailment
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board candidates who are suing the Shelby County Election Commission over term abridgment had a win in court recently.—
Brooke Muckerman,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
8 Jan. 2026
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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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Experts have predicted that AI systems capable of autonomously improving themselves, otherwise known as recursive self-improvement, might vastly increase the speed at which AI development takes place, potentially shortening years of complex research into weeks or even days.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Using a pastry blender, cut in the ⅓ cup butter and the shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2026
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That showed up in December with a contraction of Chinese e-commerce exports for the first time in years.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Feb. 2026
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Personal luxury goods took the biggest hit, dropping from $435 billion in spending in 2023 to $429 billion in 2024, the category’s first contraction in 15 years, barring the pandemic.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Their mid-rise waistband means no tummy constriction, and the loose legs offer plenty of room to trounce around the terminal without feeling cramped.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
24 Jan. 2026
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Then came the explosion of streamers followed by a constriction.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Jan. 2026
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As reasons for lowering his price forecast, Bank of America’s Post cited a lower Amazon Web Servies multiple reflecting more potential margin uncertainty and overall sector multiple compression.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026
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Carpal tunnel is identified by the compression of the median nerve, while thoracic outlet involves the compression of the neurovascular bundle.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Public Health staff warned that anyone at the restaurant on that date and time may be at risk of contracting measles 7-21 days after exposure.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Senate Appropriations Committee amended the bill to remove the authority’s goal of 15% participation by minority businesses and 5% participation from women’s businesses to participate in the procurement and contracting process.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2026
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However, that growth is threatened by further consolidation.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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Instead of an intelligent, reasonable exploration of the historic harms of corporate consolidation, the MAGA Republicans who dominated the panel used their questions to create more content for the right-wing outrage machine.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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Rake — which was previously used to describe season 1's Duke of Hastings, Simon (Regé-Jean Page) — is an abbreviation of the old 16th century term rakehell.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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What is the correct way to spell the abbreviation for the word until?—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Curtailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailment. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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