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curtail

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To reduce, restrict, or bring to an earlier end.

Budget cuts forced the organizers to curtail the program.

Dictionary practice example.

The chair decided to circumscribe the next meeting's scope: members would settle the location and staffing, while decorative details could wait. She also proposed a time limit to curtail repeated arguments.

From A Shorter Route to a Decision.

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