contracting
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The companies contracting to do the review process receive payments when they reduce costs, which critics have said incentivizes them to deny service.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Bending Spoons will need to borrow more to keep growing by acquisition, and without rapid growth its lofty earnings multiple is prone to contracting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
When they get out, he says, they plan to start a contracting business together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni said the underlying condition made the infant especially vulnerable to severe illness after contracting measles.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
She was contracting her features in what she thought was a majestic frown, and the squirrel dæmon ran up her arm and stood on her shoulder in triumph.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
