Example Sentences

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Investors have been curtailing their expectations for the speed and frequency of interest rate cuts this year as inflation remains hotter than expected.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024

“In troubled situations including the current Texas heat event, we have been curtailing power and will continue to curtail power as needed.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

American pork farmers, too, have been curtailing their use of these medicines, albeit more slowly.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2019

European banks already have been curtailing loans to businesses and individuals in response to the region’s debt crisis, contributing to a slowdown in the euro-area economy.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2011

Some Iowa factories have closed because of a scarcity of gas and heating oil, and pipeline companies have been curtailing gas deliveries to utilities and factories in several states.

From Time Magazine Archive