as in abridgement
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Recent Examples of curtailment
Moreover, Ontario’s electricity grid frequently produces surplus power; export markets are essential to avoid costly waste or curtailment.
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Ali Hoss, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Musk has already moved forward with major cuts, including sweeping workforce reductions, the curtailment of government operations and purges of entire agencies.
—Nathan Meyers, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Europe and Austria are paying a stiff price for the curtailment of Russian gas.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
One source of savings is avoided 'curtailment' of wind farms on Maui, which already produce more power at times than the local grid can handle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2015
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Ali Hoss, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Musk has already moved forward with major cuts, including sweeping workforce reductions, the curtailment of government operations and purges of entire agencies.
—Nathan Meyers, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Europe and Austria are paying a stiff price for the curtailment of Russian gas.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
One source of savings is avoided 'curtailment' of wind farms on Maui, which already produce more power at times than the local grid can handle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2015
See All Example Sentences for curtailment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curtailment
Noun
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The court later ruled that Congress’ efforts to impose similar limits with respect to noncitizens being detained at Guantanamo Bay under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 were an unconstitutional abridgment of habeas corpus rights.—
Andrea Seielstad,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2025
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Nationalism has been a liberating force, but it has also been exploited to justify the abridgment of rights.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The United States lags behind other high-income countries in average life expectancy, with heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, and cancer shortening millions of lives per year.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Genetic samples collected via cheek swabs and analyzed using qPCR revealed that telomeres in hibernating lemurs not only avoided shortening but actually grew longer.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The contraction resumes a more than two-year downward trend in the sector.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Production output saw a substantial recovery in February, notching 1.5% month-on-month growth compared to the monthly contraction of 0.5% seen in January.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Curtailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailment. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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