as in compression
the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing
tried to ease the tie's constriction of his neck
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Recent Examples of constriction
An autopsy showed that McLaughlin died from cerebral damage and constriction of the neck, the Associated Press reports.
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Kc Baker, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Glaser and Schwerdt are a charismatic duo, and the specificity of the details about the constrictions of the Nazi state make their friendship more tactile and raises the movie’s stakes.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
More upbeat tone The pope suffered a constriction of his respiratory airways on Friday, akin to an asthma attack.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2025
Cold exposure is particularly helpful for those who have irritable skin through the constriction of blood vessels, alleviating swelling and flushes.
—Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Kc Baker, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Glaser and Schwerdt are a charismatic duo, and the specificity of the details about the constrictions of the Nazi state make their friendship more tactile and raises the movie’s stakes.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
More upbeat tone The pope suffered a constriction of his respiratory airways on Friday, akin to an asthma attack.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2025
Cold exposure is particularly helpful for those who have irritable skin through the constriction of blood vessels, alleviating swelling and flushes.
—Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constriction
Noun
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The Girlfriend Collective’s Compressive High-Rise Pocket Leggings have an ultra-high-rise waist with compression material all around to smooth you out from top to bottom.—
Korin Miller,
Glamour,
18 Apr. 2025
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Or perhaps the team will set you up in some lymphatic-drainage compression boots.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The contraction resumes a more than two-year downward trend in the sector.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Production output saw a substantial recovery in February, notching 1.5% month-on-month growth compared to the monthly contraction of 0.5% seen in January.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2025
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Two weeks after that, the mother of another student — the same girl whose name was allegedly written in condensation on the window of Taylor’s car — pulled her out of his math class.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Rather than producing a single shockwave, Koch and his co-authors discovered that the unique sound occurs because popping the lid produces a vibrating standing wave, thanks to condensation within the bottleneck, according to a paper published in the journal Physics of Fluids.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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Still, concerns remain about the company’s standing in a competitive streaming environment and its resilience in the face of a potential recession, as a squeeze on consumer discretionary spending could weigh on subscription growth.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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This growing squeeze on both the lower and middle rungs of the income ladder threatens not just economic opportunity but the basic stability of local economies.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Constriction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constriction. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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