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contracting

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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“There’s a cost, and ethics and contracting questions that all come up whenever you mention anything with the border wall,” Amey said.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

"What is slowly but surely contracting, and has been for decades now, is the bright, shiny, frothy top, see-through lager market."

From BBC • May 25, 2026

"All regions and relevant authorities are required to... launch tough crackdowns on illegal and unlawful activities", including the falsification of safety data, unclear headcounts of underground workers and illegal contracting, it added.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

That’s why healthcare workers are at high risk of contracting the virus.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Cannery Row which produces a tougher breed than the rest of the town was late in contracting it, but finally it got them too.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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