contracted

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The firm noted in a presentation for its equity strategy last month that the valuations of software companies had contracted significantly during the first quarter.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Poetic Kinetics is contracted to display it if requested.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Council staff in South Cambridgeshire, as well as those in bin collection and planning departments shared with Cambridge City Council, work about 85% of their contracted hours with no reduction in pay.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 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

Besides that, our potatoes have contracted such strange diseases that one out of every two buckets of pommes de terre winds up in the garbage.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank