How to pronounce curtail
Listen to curtail in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“curtail” in real sentences
214 clips in the index · 31 American · 127 British · 1 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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minister can curtail expenditure.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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The proposed program does not seek to curtail curtail consideration of or debate on very important
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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end it, not to curtail it.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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a majority wish to curtail further debate.
UK Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
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