contraction
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“Further contraction is one of the biggest long-term threats the industry has.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Post-production in Southern California has been reeling from an unprecedented industry contraction, partly due to the flight of filming to other states and countries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Burbank-based post-production studio Roundabout Entertainment plans to lay off 81 employees, the latest sign of contraction in L.A.’s struggling film and TV industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The new orders index expanded for the 10th consecutive month after four straight readings in contraction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
With every flex of her foot or contraction of her muscles, she came wondrously alive, blood pumping, emotions playing across her face.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
To evaluate these effects, the research team measured how consistently nerve signals produced muscle contractions and how long the muscles could continue contracting before becoming fatigued.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
It sends water to our muscles, which helps to maintain cell volume and support muscle contractions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
However, even though Broadcom and Oracle have also seen their earnings estimates rise, those increases haven’t been enough to offset their sharper multiple contractions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Words and phrases that will earn you a mark: genuinely, load-bearing, smoking gun, X is the new Y, and any “crazy hyphenated contractions that no one would normally use,” says Mehta, 33.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Other contractions have made the full leap into new words, anyway.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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