- plural of contraction.
contractions
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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
Peristalsis refers to the coordinated muscle contractions that move food and waste through the digestive system.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Lorna, who is married to Chelsea's brother Steven, said her contractions then came on quickly.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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
It felt like my very own stomach was being punched, and that’s when the pains as bad as contractions began.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
