contractions
Example Sentences
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Household spending in Canada has remained relatively resilient, helping underpin an economy that has shown signs of rebounding following back-to-back quarterly contractions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The inhibitory effect was reversible, meaning normal contractions returned after FA was removed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
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
But at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning the contractions stopped dead.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
