contracted for
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Employment also contracted for the 30th consecutive month.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
More important for future scaling, CoreWeave has contracted for 3.1 gigawatts of total power, securing access to address a critical artificial-intelligence bottleneck.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
The subindex of employment contracted for a fifth consecutive month, with job shedding accelerating to the fastest pace since September amid cost pressures and restructuring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
Revised data confirmed that Japan’s economy contracted for the first time in six quarters in the July-September period, but that is unlikely to change expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates soon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
However, in American tournaments, where hotel ballrooms are rented and contracted for a specified period and players have made arrangements for flights home, it’s necessary to apply a tie-breaking system to determine the winner.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
