- present participle of contract.
contracting
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Manufacturers also added more workers and hours for the fourth month in a row after three years of contracting employment.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Powerus was one of 10 companies to bid for the job, federal contracting records show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The French economy had already stagnated in the second quarter after contracting by 0.2 percent in the first.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
As the cells developed, they fused into organized muscle fibers capable of contracting together.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
People in the contracting phase would live their lives backward: they would die before they were born and get younger as the universe contracted.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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