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  • verb Present participle of curtail.

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Examples

  • Still, if there are any Republicans out there who are both interested in curtailing domestic discretionary spending and in bipartisan cooperation, it might be smart to try to take this up and make the White House try to live up to its own promises of bipartisanship as well as its budget commitments.

    Matthew Yglesias » Orszag: “No One Should Be Surprised” By Administration Ag Subsidy Proposals 2009

  • Russia has joined China and Guatemala in curtailing adoptions by Americans.

    Russia curtails American adoptions 2007

  • Many Egyptians held their noses as the SCAF refused to cancel the hated Emergency Law, which authorizes indefinite detention without charge and trials without appeals, in the name of curtailing lawlessness and violence.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sarah Leah Whitson 2011

  • February 26th, 2009 at 7: 01 pm so, when you say “Still, if there are any Republicans out there who are both interested in curtailing domestic discretionary spending and in bipartisan cooperation, it might be smart to try to take this up and make the White House try to live up to its own promises of bipartisanship as well as its budget commitments.” will that involve some bullshitting on television, or woudl it involve bringing some actual votes to the table?

    Matthew Yglesias » Orszag: “No One Should Be Surprised” By Administration Ag Subsidy Proposals 2009

  • Never mind that Walker has not said a word about curtailing the rights of private sector workers.

    Tyranny in Wisconsin, part 3 2011

  • Although Republican lawmakers have targeted the federal workforce this year in separate proposals, the "Pledge" nationalizes the idea of curtailing the federal workforce and makes it likely that some Republican congressional candidates will talk up the idea as Election Day nears.

    GOP's 'Pledge to America' includes plan to cut federal workforce 2010

  • Although Republican lawmakers have targeted the federal workforce this year in separate proposals, the "Pledge" nationalizes the idea of curtailing the federal workforce and makes it likely that some Republican congressional candidates will talk up the idea as Election Day nears.

    GOP's 'Pledge to America' includes plan to cut federal workforce 2010

  • Although Republican lawmakers have targeted the federal workforce this year in separate proposals, the "Pledge" nationalizes the idea of curtailing the federal workforce and makes it likely that some Republican congressional candidates will talk up the idea as Election Day nears.

    GOP's 'Pledge to America' includes plan to cut federal workforce 2010

  • Although Republican lawmakers have targeted the federal workforce this year in separate proposals, the "Pledge" nationalizes the idea of curtailing the federal workforce and makes it likely that some Republican congressional candidates will talk up the idea as Election Day nears.

    GOP's 'Pledge to America' includes plan to cut federal workforce 2010

  • Although Republican lawmakers have targeted the federal workforce this year in separate proposals, the "Pledge" nationalizes the idea of curtailing the federal workforce and makes it likely that some Republican congressional candidates will talk up the idea as Election Day nears.

    GOP's 'Pledge to America' includes plan to cut federal workforce 2010

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