curtailing

present participle of curtail

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Recent Examples of curtailing The legislature’s actions curtailing the Ethics Commission have led Chaffee to rethink how her group wrote the initial ballot initiative. Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2025 The National Institutes of Health agrees that curtailing these foods would be beneficial. Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025 The data makes clear that many institutions of higher education are intentionally limiting the use of AP and IB credit towards a degree, thus curtailing ways that students can save. Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024 Other necessary actions would include reducing malign economic influence, curtailing their global trade, and tightening what would likely be a robust set of sanctions. Daniel R. Green, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024 The impasse came down, once again, to who would bear the costs of curtailing the problem. Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024 The return to divided government and a potential $5 billion deficit on the horizon are expected to reignite a debate at the Minnesota Legislature over curtailing fraud. Torey Van Oot, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024 Those scandals prompted a 2023 statewide audit aimed at curtailing bribery in the cannabis business. Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024 Thousands of schools in Syria have been damaged or destroyed, drastically curtailing education services for millions of children in Syria. Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Curtailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailing. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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