contracted
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Their geographic range contracted toward warmer tropical regions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Airlines have contracted with Starlink for about 12,000 planes, Shotwell added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
A Ugandan government spokesperson dismissed the idea that the Swiss woman could have contracted the disease while in the African Great Lakes nation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Gentrack last month said Momentum Energy has contracted the company to support its more than 200,000 residential and business meter points across Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Because the marriage had been contracted according to Osage custom, there was no need for a legal divorce, and they simply went their own ways.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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