How to Use curtail in a Sentence

curtail

verb
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  • The new laws are an effort to curtail illegal drug use.
  • School activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds.
  • The trend could curtail consumer spending, which makes up 70% of economic activity.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • What happens to the meaning of that when the time gets curtailed?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024
  • People could not protest, and freedom of the press was curtailed.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Pratt's playing time was curtailed by a deep and talented group of guards ahead of him on the depth chart.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
  • And Hill doesn’t have any plans to curtail his message on his podcast in the future.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
  • The issue reverts to the states, many of which have taken steps to curtail or ban abortions.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2022
  • Plus, the state was slow to curtail economic aid that expired in many states last year.
    — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The air district’s warehouse rule aims to curtail these emissions by 10% to 15% over five years.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • That still may not be enough to curtail the troubling rise of off-brand obesity drugs.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Hotz has said the county would have had to curtail services if the tax wasn't continued.
    — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 10 Aug. 2023
  • One of the things would be to ask Trump to curtail some of these outdoor activities.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
  • In some states, care for trans adults is also being curtailed.
    — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • Still, Tamil Nadu has made more progress than other states that have tried to curtail plastic use.
    — New York Times, 31 July 2022
  • Chief Aparicio said police are aware of the drugs being sold in restrooms and have taken steps to try to curtail the trade.
    — Karol Suárez and Cristopher Rogel, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The unions are concerned that the November 20 strike threat would prompt the railroads to curtail services as soon as next week.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The most zealous bunny huggers want to stop their hobby, or at least curtail it.
    — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2024
  • Refugee and asylum claims, both key targets during Trump’s first term, would once again be sharply curtailed.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
  • Furthermore, the Blazers must curtail their turnovers or the Pelicans could run away with this game.
    — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The ship was in port for the day at a private dock that has controversially been allowed to host them, despite a 2020 vote to curtail cruise ships.
    — Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
  • There have been efforts on the legislative side to curtail the overuse of nondisclosure agreements.
    — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2022
  • But cash bail is still allowed in some instances in that state and others that have curtailed the practice, such as New York and Alaska.
    — Claire Savage and Corey Williams, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The group has closed beauty salons and curtailed travel for women without a male guardian.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024
  • That’s prompted Arlington to curtail the scope of some projects and use value engineering to close the gaps.
    — Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • About half of the states have or are expected to seek to ban or curtail abortions following that ruling.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022
  • The hikes come as The Fed fights to curtail rising inflation, a consequence of the pandemic-era shutdown.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The food supply is threatened, and access to water and health care has been severely curtailed.
    — Andre Paultre, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Gagosian seems to hate being alone, and now his famous ability to convene was curtailed.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • Nearly two dozen states have passed measures that have curtailed access to the procedure, and 14 of those states have bans with some exceptions.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2024

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