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Right now, stocks have been cushioned from rising bond yields because earnings growth has offset the P/E multiple contraction caused by higher rates, while bond-market volatility has remained subdued.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Data earlier showed expected weakness in retail sales—a gauge of consumption—alongside continued contraction in investing activity and solid growth in factory output.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

An initiative of this magnitude could accelerate long-awaited economic recovery in Venezuela, a country still reeling from the brutal 80 percent contraction between 2014 and 2021 that plunged millions of Venezuelans into poverty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

The contraction isn’t just reaching workers at the end of long careers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

When the contraction passed, she said urgently, “I will die, but you must save my baby.”

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

Canada’s economy was growing in recent months and industry-level data points to annualized expansion of 3.4% in the second quarter, which would be the strongest in roughly three years and follows back-to-back quarterly contractions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

When the cerebellum is disrupted, people can experience symptoms including painful muscle contractions, abnormal postures, and uncontrollable shaking.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 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

Resist the urge to write contractions with how, when, where, or why, except that old standby where’s.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner