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employment n.
reducing n.

NOUN

employment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

business enrollment hiring job recruitment service trade

STRONG

assignment avocation awarding calling commissioning craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work

WEAK

carrying engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fun unemployment

STRONG

avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender

WEAK

idleness inactivity misuse

NOUN

reducing

Synonyms

STRONG

abbreviating compressing condensing contraction decreasing dieting diminishing discounting downsizing lessening reduction shortening shrinking

WEAK

cutting down marking down paring down

Antonyms

STRONG

enlargement increase

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Just last week, New Jersey sued Amazon alleging its contracting system illegally suppressed delivery workers’ wages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Some black holes may have originated during the earlier contracting phase and then passed through the bounce.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

The report from a pest control company said it could put people and animals with open wounds at risk of contracting disease.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

That phrase appears in a contracting document for Acentra Health that was first reported on by independent journalists through the newsletter Popular Information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

He was still breathing hard, his abdomen expanding and contracting.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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