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Example sentences for: curbing

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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.
But it also urged him to do "some frank talking" to African leaders about reducing bureaucracy, curbing corruption, and expanding privatization.
But even that program is called into question at least in part because some government coercion is justified, such as taxes to secure the creation of infrastructure and the police force to prevent private aggression (while curbing the excesses of rogue officers).
Take "saving Medicare," for example, a goal that pols from both parties like to pop into the same sentence with "curbing HMOs."
Successful economies rely on vibrant private sectors, which have an interest in curbing indiscriminate government power.