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Example sentences for: curtail

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

In 1867, under a compromise designed to curtail home-rule agitation, the Austro-Hungarian empire was established and Hungary was ﬁnally granted its own government, though key ministries were shared with the Austrians.
Médecins Sans Frontières was forced to curtail its activities last year in Jumla, one of the poorest districts in the Midwest, due to the conflict.
kick the bucket die, for example, is probably known in all dialects of English; kick into touch curtail or postpone further treatment is unknown except to those familiar with British idiom.
The New York Times ' top non-local story is a U.N.-commissioned report that holds the U.N. and leading member nations, primarily the U.S., responsible for failing to prevent or curtail the 1994 Rwanda genocide of 800,000.
Following the 1987 market crash, for instance, the NYSE shortened its hours to curtail panic trading.