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That conflict provoked a sharp contraction in the manufacturing economy, with the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index falling to 49.1 by mid-2019.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, there’s been a contraction for EVs, which accounted for about 5% of the power-train mix in the most recent quarter, down from 8% a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

After months of seesawing growth and contraction, the US job market posted strong gains in the last three months -- but Thursday's data revised some of those numbers down.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

But he added that persistent external demand contraction and softening business sentiment remained risk factors to monitor for China’s manufacturing sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

With every flex of her foot or contraction of her muscles, she came wondrously alive, blood pumping, emotions playing across her face.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

When the cerebellum is disrupted, people can experience symptoms including painful muscle contractions, abnormal postures, and uncontrollable shaking.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

She warned that oil-exporting countries in the Gulf had been badly hit by the war, and face "steep downward revisions to growth this year, with five out of eight countries seeing outright contractions."

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Mr. Goodspeed’s historical record is, in effect, a training data set, with droughts, strikes, shipping disruptions, credit contractions and policy errors, each tagged by type, geography and sequence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

More than a week overdue and with contractions that had begun 48 hours earlier, she arrived at the maternity ward at around 22:00 on 4 September, 2023.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

The doctors were worried and told my parents they might have to induce labor if the contractions didn’t restart.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge