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curtailments

noun

plural of curtailment
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as in abridgments

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  1. inventories
  2. reductions
  3. abbreviations
  4. cuts
  5. summaries
  6. compendiums
  7. roundups
Noun
  • Hence, retail traders will gain a cheaper and more precise way to speculate on crude, but production, consumption, inventories and geopolitics will remain the dominant forces setting prices.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As crude inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drain toward their operational limits, America is left, armed with just 300 million barrels.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • The soy-tomato condition showed significant reductions in key markers of inflammation.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 Sep. 2026
  • And on the opposite side of the same coin, the solutions to inflation – spending reductions and higher taxes – are massively unpopular and could hurt the economy in the short run.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of reductions
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
Definition of abbreviations
Noun
  • Winter warned that the practice can cause skin irritation, worsen existing cracks on the feet and open small cuts that let bacteria in.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Lowering the path of budget deficits would likely help with interest rates, but there could be political pain points in the form of spending cuts and tax hikes.
    — Josh Boak, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • Hopefully, the summaries below continue to provide you with a weekly snapshot of each club’s performances across the 2026-27 Premier League.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Because many users are content with – or actively prefer – vague, simplified summaries, developers have optimized AI models to cater to that baseline.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • But before streaming made separating singles wheat from album chaff almost free and very easy, greatest-hits compendiums were ubiquitous, a way for the industry to turn early investment into real profit.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Among the books found missing from UCLA's collections were classic compendiums of Chinese cultural heritage.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of compendiums
Noun
  • Then be sure to read our roundups of the best telescope deals, along with our beginner's guide to observing the night sky with a manual telescope.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Our preseason coverage is a springboard to months of coverage that will include game stories, roundups, rankings, features, breaking news and more.
    — Darren Sabedra, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of roundups
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