as in squeezing
                                      
              
          
                                                      the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing                                       
              
                             the contracting of the time frame for the primaries tends to favor candidates who are already well-known                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in getting
                                                
              
          
                                                      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 shrinking
                                                
              
          
                                                      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 compressing
                                                
              
          
                                                      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 bargaining
                                                
              
          
                                                      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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