curtailment
noun
cur·tail·ment
(ˌ)kər-ˈtāl-mənt 
: the act of curtailing : the state of being curtailed
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Many types of utopias have been articulated in late-modern culture, each one a distillation of some community’s desire for relief from the strictures and curtailments of life’s possibilities.
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Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
Its manifesto centered on curtailment of the power of the railroads, federal loans to aid farmers in debt, and currency reform that entailed reintroducing Hamilton’s old silver dollar alongside the gold dollar to ease monetary conditions, which would give debtors a chance to clear their loans.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
What’s left of it was led, at least for a while, by a 29-year-old White House appointee who helped craft Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint that broadly calls for the curtailment of civil rights enforcement.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
That settlement has already led to financial consequences for the county, including curtailments in spending and many county departments coping with 3% budget cuts during the current fiscal year.
—City News Service, Daily News, 17 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
Its manifesto centered on curtailment of the power of the railroads, federal loans to aid farmers in debt, and currency reform that entailed reintroducing Hamilton’s old silver dollar alongside the gold dollar to ease monetary conditions, which would give debtors a chance to clear their loans.
—David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
What’s left of it was led, at least for a while, by a 29-year-old White House appointee who helped craft Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint that broadly calls for the curtailment of civil rights enforcement.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
That settlement has already led to financial consequences for the county, including curtailments in spending and many county departments coping with 3% budget cuts during the current fiscal year.
—City News Service, Daily News, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Curtailment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curtailment. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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