contraction
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The GDP report badly missed Bank of Canada and market expectations for growth of about 1.5% annualized, and triggered talk of a recession because of the two straight quarters of economic contraction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Eurozone GDP expanded just 0.1% in the first quarter of this year, with some economists penciling in a contraction in the April-June period.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
But job growth -- often used as a proxy for economic activity -- has see-sawed wildly between expansion and contraction from month to month.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
In this view, the Big Bang evolved from conditions in a preceding contraction.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
We were still ten kilometers from the village when my chronic backache spread to a deep, rock-hard contraction across my lower belly, and I understood with horror that I was in labor.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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