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curfews

  • plural
    of curfew.
    curfew
    noun
    an order establishing a specific time in the evening after which certain regulations apply, especially that no civilians or other specified group of unauthorized persons may be outdoors or that places of public assembly must be closed.

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Electronic monitoring is used by the Probation Service to track curfews and conditions of a court or prison order.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

They are required to buddy up and given curfews according to rank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Most teenagers would opt out of a UK government plan to impose social media curfews on older teenagers, according to a poll published Friday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Initial measures imposed time limits and curfews on online gaming, before similar restrictions were extended in 2023 to social media and streaming platforms.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

There are now all kinds of checkpoints and curfews.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez