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contraction

noun as in drawing in; shortening

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The level was below the 50 score that divides contraction from expansion.

A reading below 50 points to contraction in activity in the sector for the ninth month in a row.

This contraction was driven by a surge in Chinese silver exports in October, mostly shipped to London, where severe shortages have occurred.

A few signs of contraction have been glimpsed — a gallery closure here, a market slide there — but it won’t ever be small again.

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