as in compression
the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing
most substances undergo contraction when cooled
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Recent Examples of contraction
Image Image Benrus was founded in Manhattan in 1921 by three brothers from Romania; its name was a contraction of one of the brothers’ names, Benjamin Lazrus.
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Robin Swithinbank, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The economic contraction that resulted primarily from the business closures cost Trump a second term and helped make lockdown skeptic Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) a plausible presidential primary challenger four years later.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2025
Mayer acknowledged that the sharp post-strikes contraction in content commissions by global giants has created some challenges for Candle.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
Amid the contractions and shifts in RSNs, some NBA franchises have ditched cable entirely to distribute games via over-the-air broadcasts and a companion streaming service.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Robin Swithinbank, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The economic contraction that resulted primarily from the business closures cost Trump a second term and helped make lockdown skeptic Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) a plausible presidential primary challenger four years later.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2025
Mayer acknowledged that the sharp post-strikes contraction in content commissions by global giants has created some challenges for Candle.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
Amid the contractions and shifts in RSNs, some NBA franchises have ditched cable entirely to distribute games via over-the-air broadcasts and a companion streaming service.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contraction
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
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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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And so one of the effects that that’s had, both in the United States and in Italy and around the world, is a dramatic constriction in the varieties of crops that are being grown.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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What happened is that once the drones did a scouting mission, the operator gets a reasonably good idea if there’s any constrictions or any large elevation changes.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Dec. 2020
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“Contraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contraction. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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