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as in got
to become affected with (a disease or disorder)
before vaccines were invented, people lived in fear of contracting polio
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as in shrunk
to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter
metal contracts at low temperatures
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as in compressed
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
contract the calf muscles in your legs
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as in agreed
to come to an arrangement as to a course of action
the farmer contracted for delivery of the hay by the first of July
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Recent Examples of contracted
Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Hanaway’s office also subpoenaed two former Planned Parenthood Great Rivers board members, one physician contracted by Planned Parenthood Great Rivers and the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, according to court records.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Is Ellen Pompeo still contracted to appear in seven episodes while continuing to do the voiceovers for each episode?
—Max Gao, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Rosenberg wasn’t interested in a job, but that July, his new consulting firm The Athlete Group was contracted by OU to take an all-encompassing look at the football program throughout the fall and figure out what had to get better.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Between May and December 2023, ten people across Florida, Texas, Maryland and Arkansas contracted the serious disease from local mosquito bites rather than through international travel, according to new research.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Ecorse and River Rouge were the towns that housed the shipyards of Great Lakes Engineering Works, which was contracted by Northwestern Mutual Life to build the ship.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Isleton contracted the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office after its police department dissolved due to unaffordability in 2012.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
New data showed manufacturing contracted this month, but less than expected, a hopeful indication that authorities may be coming to grips with industrial overcapacity.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
His curiosity is mirrored by that of Lewis Moon, a free-spirited drifter with both Cheyenne and Choctaw ancestry, who has been contracted by the government to drop bombs on the Niaruna, in an effort to scatter the tribe.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Hanaway’s office also subpoenaed two former Planned Parenthood Great Rivers board members, one physician contracted by Planned Parenthood Great Rivers and the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, according to court records.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Is Ellen Pompeo still contracted to appear in seven episodes while continuing to do the voiceovers for each episode?
—Max Gao, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Rosenberg wasn’t interested in a job, but that July, his new consulting firm The Athlete Group was contracted by OU to take an all-encompassing look at the football program throughout the fall and figure out what had to get better.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Between May and December 2023, ten people across Florida, Texas, Maryland and Arkansas contracted the serious disease from local mosquito bites rather than through international travel, according to new research.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Ecorse and River Rouge were the towns that housed the shipyards of Great Lakes Engineering Works, which was contracted by Northwestern Mutual Life to build the ship.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Isleton contracted the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office after its police department dissolved due to unaffordability in 2012.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
New data showed manufacturing contracted this month, but less than expected, a hopeful indication that authorities may be coming to grips with industrial overcapacity.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contracted
Verb
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The Dodgers got past the Phillies without their bats ever really coming to life.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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Went through the progression as normal and got two negative plays in a row after the screen.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Oct. 2025
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The good news is that the amount of red ink shrunk by about $8 billion from fiscal 2024.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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To stay in business and remain competitive in variable production costs, farmers have had to acquire more land as the number of farms has shrunk.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
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However, by integrating emerging technologies into the existing CMOS platform, the process in our research is significantly compressed.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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Multiverse’s argument that compressed models significantly cut energy use might also not hold up over time, because cheaper, more accessible AI models will likely attract billions more users.—
Vivienne Walt,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Dylan Buell / Getty Images The Sacramento Kings and fourth-year forward Keegan Murray have agreed to a five-year, $140 million extension, a league source told The Athletic.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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In a step toward easing that friction, however, NBCU and Apple have agreed to place select programming on the partner service’s app.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Trubisky to former Saint Jimmy Graham, who caught the football and immediately ran up the tunnel into his offseason.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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These fins, 50 percent larger and stronger, will play a vital role in steering, slowing, and eventually allowing the rocket to be caught mid-air by the launch tower’s arms for rapid reusability.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The show shrunk series regular's guarantees from 18 to 14 episodes per season, Deadline reported previously.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Most industries were flat or shrank, but health care and social assistance drove much of the gains, adding about 31,000 and 16,000 jobs, respectively.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Freeman took rookie Chad Patrick deep for the first Dodgers run, and his teammates squeezed a second run out of Brewers closer Abner Uribe in the ninth.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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The iPhone 17′s margin could also be squeezed by an unfavorable product mix and a higher bill of materials cost.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Without them, revenue constricted, theaters closed and staff were laid off.—
Ilan Berman,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Plus, the faux leather material has some give, so your foot won’t feel constricted.—
Shea Simmons,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Contracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contracted. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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