How to Use contraction in a Sentence
contraction
noun
- Two teams were eliminated in the contraction of the baseball league.
- The hot metal undergoes contraction as it cools.
- She felt contractions every two minutes.
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But the strikes were not the only causes of the contraction, the report found.
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Christi Carras,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2023
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In April, the forecast was for an 8% to 10% contraction.
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Clare Sebastian,
CNN,
28 Aug. 2022
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That’s still the sharpest annual contraction since the Great Frost of 1709.
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Hanna Ziady,
CNN,
4 Sep. 2023
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There has not been a contraction like this one since World War II.
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Dick Lepre,
National Review,
14 Dec. 2022
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His first name, Sanche, was a contraction of St. Charles.
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Bob Drogin,
Washington Post,
13 Dec. 2023
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The growth during the third quarter follows a contraction during the first half of the year.
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CBS News,
22 Dec. 2022
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From here, focus on the contraction and the squeeze—even look down at your chest to watch the squeeze, Samuel advises.
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Jeff Tomko,
Men's Health,
23 June 2022
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That would be the largest earnings contraction since the second quarter of 2020.
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Hannah Miao,
WSJ,
6 Apr. 2023
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Even after the strike — or strikes — and all this contraction, the sandbox is still going to be big.
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Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 June 2023
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But there are people will use a bounce from the floor to make the contraction at the beginning of the move easier.
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Cori Ritchey,
Men's Health,
27 Feb. 2023
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To ease the pain of her contractions, doctors gave her narcotics.
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Shoshana Walter,
USA TODAY,
11 Dec. 2024
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Yet what played out was a contraction of 3.1%—still a huge loss of output, but not nearly as dire.
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Time,
12 Jan. 2023
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The closings mark the latest contraction of US drug stores in recent years.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
19 Nov. 2021
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That means a powerful hip extension through a strong contraction of the glutes to push the hips open.
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Cori Ritchey,
Men's Health,
1 Sep. 2023
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This collapsible contraction mimics the squat rack and free weights at the gym.
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John Thompson,
Men's Health,
7 Dec. 2022
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Pro tip: drive up with your pinky to emphasize the contraction.
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Brett Williams,
Men's Health,
2 June 2022
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Per the sister Household Survey, about 40% of the growth in jobs was part-time which helps explain the contraction in the workweek.
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Robert Barone,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2021
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The bank predicts a 7% GDP contraction for Russia this year.
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Yvonne Lau,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2022
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For other Floridians, the past few years have been a slow agony of contraction.
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Margaret Talbot,
The New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2021
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There’s a lot of fear right now, understandably, there’s been a ton of contraction in the business.
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Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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The contraction was driven by lockdowns caused by a resurgence of Covid.
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Jj Kinahan,
Forbes,
15 July 2022
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One of the lines was peaking constantly—a sign, Ogburn said, that the mother was in the middle of contractions.
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Stephania Taladrid,
The New Yorker,
25 Nov. 2024
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Those contractions may cause mild to severe pain in some people.
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Kristine Thomason,
Health,
17 Aug. 2023
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New data from Indeed showed that as of Nov. 22, there had been a 24% year-on-year contraction in U.K. job postings on the platform.
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Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
10 Dec. 2024
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Keeping Langley has led to some contraction in the C-suite.
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Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
21 Nov. 2024
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These electrolytes are crucial for everything from heart function to muscle contractions.
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Bryn Beeder,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2025
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The condition is considered a form of focal dystonia, a movement disorder that causes muscle contractions in a specific body part.
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Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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