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      contracting
      noun
      Work done on a contract basis.
      The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.
      adjective
      Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.
      Roots
      trahotract- · Latin · draw, pull
      Words related to contracting
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