contracting

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L.A.’s declining share of a contracting film and television industry is hollowing out its middle class, a group Pratt rarely talks about when homelessness is not at issue.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

“There’s a cost, and ethics and contracting questions that all come up whenever you mention anything with the border wall,” Amey said.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

"What is slowly but surely contracting, and has been for decades now, is the bright, shiny, frothy top, see-through lager market."

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The Red Cross said on Saturday that three Congolese volunteers had died in Ituri after apparently contracting Ebola there.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

If it was expanding fairly slowly, the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and then to start contracting.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking