are contracting
- present progressive of contract.
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
Super users are contracting out their work to groups of “agents,” amping up their productivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 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
While the ventricles are contracting, the auricles begin to relax, and after the ventricles contract they also relax.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
