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Example sentences for: curbing

How can you use “curbing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But it also urged him to do "some frank talking" to African leaders about reducing bureaucracy, curbing corruption, and expanding privatization.
Our conversation moved from Brill's article to other nonconfidential matters, such as the legal rules curbing what Starr's office can say to reporters, to matters like Bennett's sons, my daughters, mutual acquaintances, and other matters that even so creative a mind as Brill's might have trouble painting as grand jury secrets.
Successful economies rely on vibrant private sectors, which have an interest in curbing indiscriminate government power.
So governments follow the financiers' prescriptions for curbing inflation--slower growth through a balanced budget and higher interest rates.
Take "saving Medicare," for example, a goal that pols from both parties like to pop into the same sentence with "curbing HMOs."