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curb
noun as in restraining device; check
verb as in repress, restrict
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The growing emphasis on curbing the game’s long-term health risks, especially its connections to brain injury, will benefit players and fans alike.
In California, for example, the state is gradually implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which sets goals for local agencies to curb overdraft by 2040.
For unincorporated areas, the sheriff’s department said it would take a similar approach, and pointed out that it falls to the Department of Public Works to make sure curbs are painted and signs are posted.
He pointed out that at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more than 1,700 fossil fuel lobbyists were present to push back against efforts to curb carbon emissions.
Wilson alleges that one of the guests, Jackson Dorlarque, assaulted him and struck “his head and body on a curb on the Scarsi property.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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