contraction
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Gregory said the contraction in April "showed the strong start to the year is now faltering".
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
The April contraction followed a 0.3% increase in March and a 0.6% rise in the first quarter, outpacing the U.S. and European peers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
April's contraction was the first monthly fall since August last year, but had been forecast by economists after stronger than expected growth in March.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
The unusually steep downward revision was due to a sharper-than-estimated contraction in Ireland -- where economic activity fell 12.1 percent compared to an initial forecast of two percent.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Some scientists think that when expansion is followed by contraction, when the spectra of distant galaxies are all blue-shifted, causality will be inverted and effects will precede causes.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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