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Discover LudwigThe word "curbed by" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used when something is restricted or controlled in some way. For example: The growth of the company was curbed by a lack of resources.
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This, at least, has now been curbed by regulation.
But it's unlikely that the agencies can be curbed by legislation or regulation.
The power of poll aggregation, too, is curbed by the dearth of data.
"This needs to be curbed by an iron hand," he said, according to the Associated Press.
The father's wandering eye could presumably be curbed by a more congenial homelife.
Any temptation to get carried away is curbed by the history-making All Blacks.
The law's reach was also curbed by ideological priorities on the part of the administration.
Instead, calculus flourished on the Continent, where the power of Leibniz's notation was not curbed by Newton's authority.
Demand is curbed by high water taxes and efficient technologies, and Singaporeans are constantly exhorted to conserve every drop.
That excitement is somewhat curbed by mummy packing the kids off with the genuinely sinister line: "Remember.
Other foul diseases, including measles, whooping cough, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus and tuberculosis, have been curbed by vaccination.
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