contraction
Example Sentences
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China’s official gauges of factory, services and construction activity unexpectedly slipped into contraction at the start of 2026, signaling a cooling in economic growth.
The selloff has also crushed Wall Street’s price-to-earnings forecasts, with software names suffering the biggest contraction in PE multiples of any subset in the technology sector, according to Trivariate Research analysts.
From Barron's
It was a sudden contraction in global liquidity — one that spilled directly into assets widely regarded as physical stores of value.
From MarketWatch
That would mark a second straight month above the 50 threshold separating contraction from expansion.
She was having contractions; she just couldn’t feel them.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
