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contacts

  • plural
    of contact.
    contact
    noun
    the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
  • present tense form
    of contact (3rd person singular).
    contact
    noun
    the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.

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But as Bass hoped, the county did not secure the database that records contacts with homeless people or the system that matches people to housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

"The services got to him through a thorough analysis of content posted online," he added, saying the man's "contacts and his activity on the internet are being examined".

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Once TCIP3 brought the proteins together, they formed several additional chemical contacts with one another.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

They are also trying to trace 57 other contacts of the Kenyan patient after he travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo, dying in hospital in Nairobi on Monday.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“You wear contacts, right? I thought this would make it easier for you.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed