The phrase "a curtailing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of reducing or limiting something, often in a formal or academic context.
Example: "The new policy is seen as a curtailing of individual freedoms that many citizens value."
Alternatives: "a reduction" or "a limitation".
Could revelations like this lead to a curtailing of prisoners' rights?
"As housing prices have gotten out of hand, we've certainly seen a curtailing in the number of calls we're getting".
Mr. Wright said that one consequence of the tax cut deal could be a curtailing of the Fed's program that was originally planned to last into next summer.
Except for a few brighter spots, the general trend from Morocco to the Persian Gulf has been towards a reinforcement of central control, a curtailing of public freedoms, and a fading of hopes for peaceful democratic change.
"Should this pattern continue, the central bank will be confronted with the choice of an overheated economy, with its potential recessionary consequences, or a curtailing of dollar asset purchases," Mr. Greenspan said.
The trend envisioned by the Commission, though still in limbo, would have the EU as the sole authority for all prospective IIAs and their resolution, a result which would benefit from a curtailing of cases like Vattenfall and which would align incentives against regressive policies like those at issue in the Czech solar energy case.
Its music, however, is confined to interludes within a curtailed A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Vermes too says he had "a curtailed idea of who Hitler was" before writing his book.
For some in Colorado, the shutdown doesn't mean a curtailed national park visit.
On the last trading day before Christmas - and a curtailed one at that - markets are struggling to find direction.
The most zealous researchers contend that people need not wait for any more data before considering a curtailed diet.
