contraction
Example Sentences
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The level was below the 50 score that divides contraction from expansion.
A reading below 50 points to contraction in activity in the sector for the ninth month in a row.
This contraction was driven by a surge in Chinese silver exports in October, mostly shipped to London, where severe shortages have occurred.
A few signs of contraction have been glimpsed — a gallery closure here, a market slide there — but it won’t ever be small again.
From Los Angeles Times
The 50 threshold separates expansion in activity from contraction.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
