Synonyms for curbing
ˈkɜr bɪŋcurb·ing

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1. curb, curbing, kerbnoun

   an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

   Synonyms:
   curb, curb bit, check, kerb, bridle

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1. • Edge

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1. List of paraphrases for "curbing":

   halting, stopping, curb, stemming, reducing

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How to use curbing in a sentence?

1. Tom Price:

   The only real solution to curbing inversions is tax reform.

2. Cao Liping:

   The environmental supervision should be adjusted in accordance with practical needs and social economic situation, the purpose of environmental supervision is never about shutting firms and curbing production, but about encouraging firms to actively meet the environmental standards.

3. Sean Esteban McCabe:

   Instead, we need to look very long and hard at school strategies that are more or less effective in curbing stimulant medication misuse, parents can make sure the schools their kids attend have safe storage for medication and strict dispensing policies. And ask about prevalence of misuse — that data is available for every school.

4. Vince Cable:

   In any circumstance it is hard to justify, but more so given the money comes from people struggling with compulsive gambling, this is an industry body needing tighter regulation. We have started high-stake gaming machines. We now need to move into online gambling, and curbing the advertising around it.

5. Kimberly Foxx:

   As legislators, if we start changing the way our cityordinances are written, we canstart hitting criminals in the pocket,on behalf of what crimes they’recommitting in the city ofChicago alone, [The] state’s attorney can drop all of her charges every day of the week like she’s been doing, but we should take care ofit more at the local level and that’sa way that we can start curbing crimehere.