Quotes--> Extra Examples--> The hot metal undergoes contraction as it cools. Two teams were eliminated in the contraction of the baseball league. She felt contractions every two minutes.
Recent Examples on the Web But efforts to bring inflation down with higher interest rates have led to some concern that the economy could undergo a period of contraction. — Rob Wile, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024 Both indexes measure the percentage of companies reporting expansion against contraction. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024 Issues around production in Los Angeles have been brewing for quite some time now, a result of rising costs related to the pandemic, last year’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and current industry contraction. — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024 Advertisement The decline is largely a symptom of an industrywide contraction that began before last year’s strikes and has persisted since. — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for contraction
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