Examples of curtailment

• This was the most drastic curtailment in public spending in American history.

• Global warming requires a sharp curtailment in the use of fossil fuels.

• The incident required the rerouting and curtailment of dozens of flights.

• In his inability to force this nameless woman to marry him, he faced a definite curtailment of his former power.

• Adding intentions does not affect that basic definition but constrains the set of actions that are to count as curtailments.

• These rabbis argued for a curtailment of severe punishments in the name of communal self-protection and survival.

• The curtailment of the freedom of entrepreneurs was no argument.

• Any such curtailment was only temporary, however, and the trade soon resumed, although on a more modest scale.