as in to regulate
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business
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as in restriction
something that limits one's freedom of action or choice
these international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures
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Recent Examples of curb
Alex Pron, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the oversight agency Newsom sought to curb refiner profits is at least temporarily inactive.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Multi-touchpoint facial recognition, deployed from self-bag drop to boarding gates, enables curb-to-gate travel in just 12 minutes.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Rapid depreciation of the Bolivar caused the government to issue successive redenominations, which were unsuccessful in curbing hyperinflation.
—Alex Pron, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the oversight agency Newsom sought to curb refiner profits is at least temporarily inactive.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
Parcels on the block had been subdivided, depressions in the curb laid for future driveways.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Multi-touchpoint facial recognition, deployed from self-bag drop to boarding gates, enables curb-to-gate travel in just 12 minutes.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curb
Verb
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Your liver also plays the very sweet role of regulating your blood sugar levels by releasing glucose and storing glycogen when appropriate.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Among its 14 plant oils are argan kernel and rice bran, which regulate sebum production and loosen dead skin cells, respectively—and, together, leave your pores looking significantly smaller and your skin significantly smoother.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Still, any further restrictions on shots by ACIP could have trickle-down effects, further depressing already declining immunization rates for vaccine-preventable diseases and raising the risk of outbreaks.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah have all received approval from the USDA to move forward with these restrictions.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The conglomerate, which often aligns itself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development goals and controls vast swathes of India’s infrastructure sector, is yet to fully recover from the market value erosion caused by the short seller’s accusations.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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New frontiers in medical use The ability to control the metamaterial remotely makes new medical applications possible.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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The network denied the claims but admitted it was edited due to time constraints.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The credit rating agency put the rise down to policy weaknesses, market constraints, and inflation, Reuters noted.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Darcy said that when a person is resisting officers, their knowledge of the person having pre-existing medical conditions is not enough to prevent them from restraining someone combative.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
21 Sep. 2025
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The implicit message, heard clearly by the market, is that policy makers will be quicker to support growth than to restrain it proactively to inhibit inflation.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City’s limitations in the running game have become apparent, exacerbated by a difficult early schedule against title contenders the Chargers and Eagles.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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The work, published in Optica, demonstrates that lens-free nonlinear pinhole imaging can unlock sharper, broader, and more sensitive mid-infrared vision, without the limitations of traditional lenses.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This report contains results from surveys and population estimation methods conducted by Fish and Wildlife, Canadian Wildlife Service and numerous state and provincial partners.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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And while hair perfumes are typically less concentrated and contain less alcohol (to prevent dryness), our testers appreciated that the scent lingers all day long.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Eyes Shop your favorite category or keep scrolling for the year's very best mascaras, brow gels, and eye-shadow palettes.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Adding flip-flops kept it less serious.—
Libby Page,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Curb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curb. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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