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Recent Examples of curtailment
While in California, curtailment reached 2.4 million megawatt-hours of wind and solar output in 2022, 95% of it being solar.
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Rob Van Straten, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
In March, the city government enacted another new security law that raised concerns about a further curtailment of press freedom.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
After curtailments due to Covid, Cognac shipments, according to the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac, 2022 was the third best year ever recorded for sales, with 212.5 million bottles shipped.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Phillips and other environmental advocates supported another bill, AB 1337, which sought to clarify the state water board’s authority to issue curtailment orders for all diverters, including senior rights holders that use a large portion of the state’s water.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
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Rob Van Straten, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
In March, the city government enacted another new security law that raised concerns about a further curtailment of press freedom.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
After curtailments due to Covid, Cognac shipments, according to the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac, 2022 was the third best year ever recorded for sales, with 212.5 million bottles shipped.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Phillips and other environmental advocates supported another bill, AB 1337, which sought to clarify the state water board’s authority to issue curtailment orders for all diverters, including senior rights holders that use a large portion of the state’s water.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curtailment
Noun
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Thanks to CDs, and especially streaming, abridgments are now comparatively rare.—
Katherine A. Powers,
Washington Post,
22 June 2024
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Soon enough, other companies and products entered the field for better (Recorded Books) or worse (abridgments).—
Katherine A. Powers,
Washington Post,
22 June 2024
Noun
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Over time, that shortening can prevent cells from dividing, which increases the risk of disease or death.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC News,
1 Jan. 2025
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The same cap shortening has happened in soda and water The plastic lids for plastic soda pop and water bottles got smaller first.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
4 Dec. 2024
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But analysts indicated concern over the company’s figures out of China, where sales declined 1% compared to a year earlier, their first contraction in eight quarters.—
Ryan Hogg,
Fortune Asia,
10 Jan. 2025
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Norepinephrine is a potent vasoconstrictor, causing blood vessels to narrow, and each wave causes a contraction in the arteries that carry blood to the brain.—
Tom Hawking,
Popular Science,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Curtailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailment. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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