Synonyms for contracting
con·tract·ing

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1. contractingnoun

   Synonyms:
   catching.

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1. catching, contractingnoun

   becoming infected

   "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

   Synonyms:
   spying, espial, spotting, catching, detection

Matched Categories

1. • Acquiring

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1. contractingadjective

   Synonyms:
   astringent, puckering, contractile

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1. List of paraphrases for "contracting":

   contractor, procurement, adjudicating, contracts, procuring, contractante, markets, contractual, contractors, contract, recruitment, outsourcing, subcontracting, adjudicator

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How to use contracting in a sentence?

1. Holger Schmieding:

   While the private sector seems to be contracting due to labour shortages, a scarcity of some materials and high interest rates, the military sector continues to thrive, unless the Strait of Hormuz is closed again for a sustained period of time, sending energy prices and Russian export proceeds skywards, Russia's economic and fiscal situation will likely worsen significantly further.

2. Scott Burris:

   If it was a case where someone was well known to have a rich sex life, there would be an argument that (the plaintiff) too was negligent in not insisting upon protection, or that they had assumed the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease.

3. Helen Rella:

   Employees who refuse to return to work may be deemed to have resigned from their positions and/or have their employment terminated, fear of contracting Covid-19 is not an excuse to fail to return to work.

4. Max Stier:

   I see lots of times where contracting is the only way to get around an onerous hiring process.

5. Michel Milinkovitch:

   There's a very fine control over what part of the trunk is contracting, it's not the whole trunk that is elongating and shortening -- it's portions, depending on what the elephant is doing.