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verb

past tense of curb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curbed
Adjective
  • The program's framework encourages a cooperative relationship with the IRS, allowing taxpayers to address discrepancies in a more controlled and predictable manner.
    Jessica Ledingham, J.D., LL.M., Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Her first poetry collection, 2019’s Hard Damage, is a controlled and imaginative exploration of the effect of exile on the self.
    Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Dietary supplements are minimally regulated by the FDA and may or may not be suitable for you.
    Amy Fischer MS, RD, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Currently, the disposal of wind turbine waste is regulated by the localities and states hosting wind turbine projects.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • For many years, political elites deluded themselves into thinking that the existential threat posed by radical Islamic jihad was somehow limited or contained.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Compared to the draft published in March, which was heavily criticized by industry, the final version contained weaker standards for protecting workers.
    Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This improvement to sound also makes the restrained snarl of Naked Snake’s voice have an even better bite.
    Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Written by Jon Randall and Matt Nolen, this song features gentle guitar and restrained percussion lifting its message, contemplating the possibility of an afterlife filled with horses, musing that thunder is a band of angels riding on horses across the skies.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Macdonald kept possessions like that in mind when judging Smith’s performance.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Rodgers joined the Jets last season and immediately suffered an injury that kept him out of action all year.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Caspar suppressed his urge to respond.
    Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Ukrainians are uncovering their country’s culinary history – and how its distinctive features were suppressed by the authorities during Soviet rule.
    Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Though no snowfall was recorded in 2016, 8 inches was measured on the ground.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The duo along with Josh Hart stifled the Thunder, holding them to 8-of-21 shooting in the second quarter.
    James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • When his scoring is stifled, Edwards will often lose focus in other areas.
    Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Curbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curbed. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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