as in abridgement
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Recent Examples of curtailment
With thirsty cattle, drying stock ponds and bills from buying water and hay mounting, a rural water association serving about 80 farmers and ranchers bucked state curtailment orders meant to protect flows in the Shasta River.
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Even when intermittency, curtailment, and storage are considered, wind comes out well ahead of fossil alternatives.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
Other reasons include grid manager ERCOT allowing new resources even if transmission constraints mean some waste, called curtailment, Rhodes said.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
The legislation increases fines for violations of state water curtailment to as much as $10,000 per day, plus $2,500 for each acre-foot of water diverted.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Even when intermittency, curtailment, and storage are considered, wind comes out well ahead of fossil alternatives.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
Other reasons include grid manager ERCOT allowing new resources even if transmission constraints mean some waste, called curtailment, Rhodes said.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
The legislation increases fines for violations of state water curtailment to as much as $10,000 per day, plus $2,500 for each acre-foot of water diverted.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curtailment
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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
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Always dry thoroughly, heat on the stovetop until completely dry, and apply a thin layer of oil or shortening.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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Scatter the shortening over the top and process until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal, about 10 seconds.Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
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Blaming contraction in Hollywood, the Television Critics Association has canceled the Winter TCA.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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Poor contraction causes the heart to not pump with enough force for blood to circulate properly.1 Systolic heart failure happens when the heart pumps at 40% or less of its ejection fraction.Alexandria Nyembwe, PhD, RN, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Curtailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailment. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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