contraction
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While unemployment has remained steady, job growth has see-sawed wildly between expansion and contraction in the last year, with new jobs heavily reliant on a single sector: health care.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
But new economic realities, especially contraction and consolidation within the film industry itself, have put future gains in jeopardy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
But he pointed to "mixed signals" elsewhere in the report, including slow wage growth and an overall contraction in the jobs market, with fewer working-age people seeking employment.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The kind of contraction generated by walking moves cerebrospinal fluid out of the brain, leading Drew to hypothesize that the mechanism plays an important role in flushing out excess proteins and other unnecessary material.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Yet despite its esteem problem, the humble contraction is used every day by virtually everyone, and has been for centuries.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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