contraction
Example Sentences
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The new orders Index expanded for the fifth consecutive month after four straight readings in contraction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 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
That’s down from IDC’s February forecast of a 12.9% decline and would mark the steepest annual contraction in smartphone history, the research firm said.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
In this view, the Big Bang evolved from conditions in a preceding contraction.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
It’s not that ain’t is used as a standard contraction for negated forms of be, have, and do; no writer is that oblivious.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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