CURTAILMENTS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

curtailments

noun

plural of curtailment

as in abridgments

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Noun

The framework Jalan laid out starts with the traditional discipline of planning buffer inventories around important and high-risk SKUs, which limits stockout risk without loading the business with redundancy costs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Governments are pushing defense manufacturers to replenish inventories, modernize capabilities and accelerate deliveries.

— Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of inventories

Noun

In an internal memo, Qualcomm Chief Executive Officer Cristiano Amon stated the reductions aim to foster a stronger performance culture and address ongoing shortfalls relative to operational expectations.

— , CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
In a clinical study of 194 patients, 80% of them reported significant reductions in knee pain that lasted for at least a full year after receiving the treatment.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 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

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Despite relentless internal memos about layoffs and content cuts since the summer, the BBC has only announced £200M of its half-billion goal.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026
The Old Mine Cushion style was chosen given its place as one of the earliest styles of diamond cuts — developed in the 1700s, the cut was shaped by hand and instinct under the candlelight before modern technology existed.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of cuts

Noun

Their seconds-long spiels have touched on topical news instead, providing brief summaries of subjects like the protests in Europe and the war in Ukraine, as if long-form journalism is incomplete without a quick nod to the daily headlines.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026
With a Bee Pro subscription, which costs $12 per month, users can get unlimited conversation summaries and daily memories as well as integrations with Amazon's webstore, its Alexa+ AI assistant and third-party apps.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 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

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