contract
noun
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
are contracting
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present progressiveof contract.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Box office is not really growing and cable networks are contracting, as we all know, with cord-cutting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
They are contracting with San Francisco nonprofit Recidiviz, whose computer systems bring together prisoner data from its disparate sources into digital dashboards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
“If we are contracting spending, then I would think inflation would be dropping. If inflation is dropping, then the Fed should be cutting rates,” Bessent told CNN on Nov. 2.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
Catherine Flutsch, CEO of Ark-T, said staff "from junior right up to the CEOs are absolutely exhausted... the need is rising, the funds are contracting and we're trying to hold our communities together".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
When Ptolemy Philadelphus married his sister Arsinoe, Sotades said, "You are contracting an unholy marriage."
From Plutarch's Morals by Arthur Richard Shilleto
