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contracting

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verb

present participle of contract
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Recent Examples of contracting
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Any viral outbreak poses a public health risk, particularly for children and older people who may be more vulnerable to contracting serious illnesses when affected. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 Anyone can fall ill after contracting the virus, but the risk of severe illness is higher for people who are younger than five or older than 65. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 This might involve granting clearance to select staff, contracting with specialized cybersecurity firms, or enhancing internal information technology capabilities. Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024 The disappearing chat feature is part of a Google Workspace suite that is accessible to about 26,000 employees and has been available in some form since the early 2010s, when the city began contracting with Google for email and other services, Magos said. Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024 Over the years, Cavuto has lived with multiple sclerosis and admitted to missing a few days of work due to contracting COVID-19 and having open heart surgery. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024 Isometric holds involve contracting a muscle while keeping its length constant. Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 20 Dec. 2024 This would put them at risk of contracting vaccine-preventable diseases. Catherine Tan, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024 Plyometrics is a type of exercise that involves quickly stretching and contracting muscles to create explosive movements with bodyweight resistance, increasing muscle power. Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contracting
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  • Mature markets like California, Colorado, and Oregon are shrinking in sales and tax revenue.
    Andrew DeAngelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The pool of available CPAs has been shrinking as Baby Boomers and some Gen Xers retire.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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  • Moore had surgery for a spinal compression on Tuesday, three days earlier.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Wearing compression stockings, exercising regularly, protecting your skin from the sun, and taking frequent movement breaks throughout the day can all help reduce your risk.
    Laura Schober, Health, 12 Jan. 2025
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  • Schar and Duran had stretched for a loose ball and the Newcastle centre-half had slid in to win it, with Duran first catching him on the buttock and then in the small of the back.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Lucky for Southerners, our region is home to all kinds of one-of-a-kind natural experience—from catching the synchronous fireflies in Great Smoky Mountain National Park or Congaree National Park to kayaking to see bioluminescent plankton in Vero Beach, Florida.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
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  • By then, Penn State was already on its way to the Big Ten, with the Presidents of the league’s Universities agreeing in June 1990 to make the Nittany Lions the conference’s 11th school.
    Tim Casey, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • By halfway through the 2025 ceremony, the internet was pretty unanimous in agreeing that Glaser ate and left no crumbs.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • The crossbody bag option, meanwhile, is less constricting and makes a stylish statement piece on top of any casual outfit.
    Clint Davis, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
  • But his refusal to adhere to facts isn’t constricting.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But analysts indicated concern over the company’s figures out of China, where sales declined 1% compared to a year earlier, their first contraction in eight quarters.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Norepinephrine is a potent vasoconstrictor, causing blood vessels to narrow, and each wave causes a contraction in the arteries that carry blood to the brain.
    Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Modern spins sometimes sneak in diced bacon or swap whole oysters for chopped, but the classic remains a staple, especially at Southern brunches where a squeeze of lemon finishes the indulgence.
    Jenn Rice, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Though renters insurance costs a fraction of homeowners insurance, Larry Gross, executive director of the Los Angeles tenants advocacy group Coalition for Economic Survival, said that with many tenants barely making ends meet, any increase is a squeeze.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Listeria can travel through condensation onto food products.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
  • This zesty condensation of an 18-volume, 1300-page epic is a model of streamlining, even if the narrative’s many tantalizing threads, emotions and complications could stand to be fleshed out even more.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024

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“Contracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contracting. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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