contraction
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That would push France into a technical recession of two straight quarters of contraction.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The weakness in the first quarter followed a revised 1.0% contraction in the final quarter of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
In this view, the Big Bang evolved from conditions in a preceding contraction.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The author ponders whether Offa’s name is a contraction of Osfrith—his father was Thingfrith and his son was Ecgfrith.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
When he had talked with me a little, he said to Mrs. Pocket, with a rather anxious contraction of his eyebrows, which were black and handsome, “Belinda, I hope you have welcomed Mr. Pip?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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