contraction
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During contraction, quantum pressure could eventually become strong enough to stop the collapse and push the cosmos into a new period of expansion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Another important prediction is that some objects created during the contraction phase might survive the bounce itself.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The contraction has lasted for 33 straight months, and now there are roughly 4% fewer workers in their early 20s in those jobs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The latest data showed an accelerated contraction in new export business, the steepest of the year so far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Isn’t it time we admitted that the contraction has earned its place in the sun?
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
However, the same research also connected it with a higher risk of premature ventricular contractions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
She warned that oil-exporting countries in the Gulf had been badly hit by the war, and face "steep downward revisions to growth this year, with five out of eight countries seeing outright contractions."
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
May Kyut Mon, 29, screams as her contractions increase.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
With each step you take, coordinated contractions in your abdominal muscles help keep you stable and upright.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
She was completely disheveled, covered with dust, bleary-eyed, and doubled over from the pain of the contractions with which Alba was pushing her way out.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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