curbing

British, kerb·ing

[kur-bing]

noun

1. the material forming a curb, as along a street.

2. curbstones collectively.

3. a curb or a section of a curb.

curbing

/ ˈkɜːbɪŋ /

noun

1. the US spelling of kerbing

Word History and Origins

Origin of curbing¹

First recorded in 1585–95; curb + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

And while Saudi Arabia and other major oil producers were predictably hostile to curbing fossil fuels, China stayed quiet and concentrated on doing deals.

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Deadly leadership battles are a problem that has long plagued other nations at the epicenter of Latin America’s decades-old drug war, underscoring the difficulty of stanching violence and curbing the flow of drugs.

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The ban - which prohibits the sale of soya grown on land cleared after 2008 - is widely credited with curbing deforestation and has been held up as a global environmental success story.

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Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit a new high in 2025, according to research published Thursday that also warns curbing warming under 1.5C would now be essentially "impossible".

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In July, nationwide protests broke out over changes curbing the independence of Nabu and Sap.

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