contracted
Example Sentences
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Employment also contracted for the 30th consecutive month.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
And manufacturing in Canada contracted 1.4%, more than countering an increase in December as the automotive sector notched the biggest retreat since September 2021 due to an extended winter shutdown at assembly plants in Ontario.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Eventually we learned I had an immune condition; I also had mono, which felt cosmically unfair considering I had not yet been kissed and suspected I’d contracted it from the skating rink water fountain.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
King spoke about how the success of the show came at a cost as the Hairy Bikers were contracted to work 200 days a year filming, often thousands of miles away from home.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
The massive wheels tore deep trenches into the hard soil, the engine screamed, and my world contracted to noise and the stark, blinding headlight.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
