contraction
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Official data released Wednesday show Russia’s gross domestic product shrank 0.3% in the first quarter of 2026, the first quarterly contraction in three years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
The overall contraction in the smartphone market has been partly the result of an ongoing memory shortage, which has constrained production and driven up the cost of components.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
One minute, she’d been in the bathroom, laboring through a contraction.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
A reading above 50 indicates growth, while a figure below 50 shows contraction.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
It’s not that ain’t is used as a standard contraction for negated forms of be, have, and do; no writer is that oblivious.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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