contract
noun
an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
had contracted
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past perfectof contract.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The fabricated content appeared on X in posts impersonating legitimate French media outlets and falsely claimed that Attal had Parkinson's disease and that Philippe had contracted an illness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Three said they had contracted scabies—a skin disease associated with inadequate sanitary conditions that can become fatal if untreated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
County who had contracted measles as an infant died of SSPE, health officials said in September.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
In early 2019, officials at a hospital in the small Canadian province of New Brunswick noticed that two patients had contracted an extremely rare brain condition known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
Snuffy had contracted to make the Smokeys for a buck and a half apiece, and Buddy sold them for three dollars.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
