curtailments

noun

plural of curtailment
1
as in abridgments

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as in cutbacks

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  1. inventories
  2. reductions
  3. abbreviations
  4. cuts
  5. summaries
  6. compendiums
  7. roundups
Noun
  • And inventories of used electric vehicles dropped too, with only 31 days of supply in May, 23% below the year before.
    — John Paul Helveston, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The group warned that even if refineries step up production of diesel into the year-end, inventories will likely remain strained until the second half of 2027.
    — Gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • Yet their willingness to talk, listen, and imagine what had seemed impossible helped lay the groundwork for historic nuclear arms reductions.
    — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Beere credited the reductions in part to the department's Ceasefire strategy, which focuses on preventing violence, and stronger partnerships with community members.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of reductions
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  • There will be controversy, grift and venality, supporters will get lost and lose themselves in a fog of legalese, accounting and abbreviations — VAR, SCR, LOL, FFS — there will be ugliness and misgivings and a lot of meh.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For spacing purposes, Steele has removed the following words – left, at, by, went, had, in, the, to, for, and, then and got – and has crafted his own abbreviations.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Previous attendees of rallies shared with The Star their concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), international diplomacy, rising prices, healthcare cuts and other issues.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The team went into the weekend with 50 slots filled on its 53-man active roster, so no corresponding cuts/releases/waives were necessary to accommodate the three activations.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
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  • With a Bee Pro subscription, which costs $12 per month, users can get unlimited conversation summaries and daily memories as well as integrations with Amazon's webstore, its Alexa+ AI assistant and third-party apps.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The rollout includes Genmoji, notification summaries, Writing Tools, and the Clean Up photo-editing tool.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • But before streaming made separating singles wheat from album chaff almost free and very easy, greatest-hits compendiums were ubiquitous, a way for the industry to turn early investment into real profit.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Among the books found missing from UCLA's collections were classic compendiums of Chinese cultural heritage.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of compendiums
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  • Check out our roundups of the best antivirus, security suites, and VPNs.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Then be sure to check out our roundups of the best cameras and lenses for astrophotography, along with our picks of the top telescopes and binoculars for exploring the night sky.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
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“Curtailments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailments. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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