contraction
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The contraction isn’t just reaching workers at the end of long careers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
A reading below 50 points to a contraction, while a reading above that threshold points to an increase in activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Another important prediction is that some objects created during the contraction phase might survive the bounce itself.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The contraction has lasted for 33 straight months, and now there are roughly 4% fewer workers in their early 20s in those jobs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
We were still ten kilometers from the village when my chronic backache spread to a deep, rock-hard contraction across my lower belly, and I understood with horror that I was in labor.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The inhibitory effect was reversible, meaning normal contractions returned after FA was removed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
She warned that oil-exporting countries in the Gulf had been badly hit by the war, and face "steep downward revisions to growth this year, with five out of eight countries seeing outright contractions."
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
In the immediate vicinity of the conflict, the bank expects to see economic contractions in Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar of 8.9%, 6.4% and 5.7% respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
May Kyut Mon, 29, screams as her contractions increase.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Learning how to push the right buttons, how to switch smoothly from one level to another, how to make contractions.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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