Example Sentences

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Middle Eastern and Asian refineries are curtailing production, due to infrastructure threats or because they can’t obtain enough crude as a feedstock.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

The groups argue that by pulling down their “Know Your Rights” and informational signs inside detention facilities and cutting off access, immigration officials are curtailing their rights to speech in a limited public forum.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

This margin "freefall" indicates high prices and interest rates are curtailing crude inventory purchases and increasing odds of a recession, said Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates in Galena, Illinois.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2023

Major airlines say they are curtailing daily departures to certain destinations because they haven’t been able to replace employers who left during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.

From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2022

Hundreds of international companies have announced that they are curtailing operations in Russia.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2022