- plural of contraction.
contractions
Example Sentences
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Sarah, 41, had been admitted to hospital on 14 September, six days after initially experiencing contractions.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 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
With each step you take, coordinated contractions in your abdominal muscles help keep you stable and upright.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
But at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning the contractions stopped dead.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
