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Synonyms for contractions
con·trac·tions

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  1. List of paraphrases for "contractions":

    contractures, twitches, downturns

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#88650downturns
#105096twitches
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How to use contractions in a sentence?

  1. Ewan St. John Smith:

    It means it takes a much greater signal -- in other words, stronger contractions during labor -- to switch it on, this makes it less likely that pain signals can reach the brain.

  2. Pedro Solano:

    I think is good that these contractions arise regarding climate change, climate change will force the institutions to work (together) in a more functional way.

  3. Gina Sam:

    Your body's contractions of the colon work at its highest level in the morning. That's when your body is designed to poop!

  4. Chua Hak Bin:

    We now think that the odds are more than even that the Singapore economy slipped into a technical recession in the third quarter, as defined by two consecutive quarter-on-quarter contractions, we expect the Monetary Authority of Singapore to ease monetary policy again at the October policy meeting.

  5. Axel Hefer:

    You have real wage contractions in quite a lot of markets, what that means is you need to save money somewhere.


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