CURTAILMENTS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

curtailments

noun

plural of curtailment

as in abridgments

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Noun

As crude inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drain toward their operational limits, America is left, armed with just 300 million barrels.

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Missile inventories cannot refill instantly because the underlying network was never built for sudden, sustained high-volume demand.

— Dennis Mitzner, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of inventories

Noun

Investigators reported a dose-dependent drop in biomarker levels on certain measures, meaning higher doses led to greater reductions, a sign the drug is having an effect.

— Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Aug. 2026
Dignity Health did not directly address questions about staffing reductions Friday.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of reductions

Noun

There will be controversy, grift and venality, supporters will get lost and lose themselves in a fog of legalese, accounting and abbreviations — VAR, SCR, LOL, FFS — there will be ugliness and misgivings and a lot of meh.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
For spacing purposes, Steele has removed the following words – left, at, by, went, had, in, the, to, for, and, then and got – and has crafted his own abbreviations.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of abbreviations

Noun

By the end of the round, Hrgović was nursing a cut above his right eyebrow — a worrying sign for a man whose June 2024 fight against Daniel Dubois was stopped because of cuts above both his eyebrows.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico are not required to make cuts for now but could voluntarily reduce water.

— Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of cuts

Noun

The memo provides a summary of the agreement between Google and Entergy, as well as summaries of testimony provided by Entergy officials in support of the contract.

— Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
Structuring this with clean schema, FAQs and listicles ensures both AI summaries and real searchers choose our client’s sites.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of summaries

Noun

But before streaming made separating singles wheat from album chaff almost free and very easy, greatest-hits compendiums were ubiquitous, a way for the industry to turn early investment into real profit.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
Among the books found missing from UCLA's collections were classic compendiums of Chinese cultural heritage.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Definition of compendiums

Noun

Then be sure to read our guide to photographing shooting stars, along with our roundups of the best cameras and lenses for astrophotography in 2026.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Our preseason coverage is a springboard to months of coverage that will include game stories, roundups, rankings, features, breaking news and more.

— Darren Sabedra, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of roundups

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