contracted
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Since then, under mounting price competition from wind and solar, loss of subsidies and community opposition, the industry has contracted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The analyst says drivers are: 85% of its portfolio is contracted, growth from its electricity generation capacity expansion, and its dividend yield of around 5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Morgan credit-strategy report dated Oct 16 noted that the CCC bucket of the high-yield bond index has contracted to a record low 8.6%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
He added that unless the government saw "an absolute dire need", it would not be procuring spot cargoes on the LNG front, which tend to be far more expensive than previously contracted shipments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Baaz Mtombé’s Night Zoo was rumored to hold over a hundred exotic species within its confines; in her eleven years of contracted service to it, Koffi had never bothered to count.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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