Synonyms for contracting
con·tract·ing

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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

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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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1. Le Brun:

   It's ironic. The U.S. economy is starting to boom and crude oil prices are contracting in the opposite direction, every time oil prices come up for air an OPEC member or short sellers manage to push it lower.

2. Ana Paula D'Alincourt Carvalho Assef:

   There is the risk of contracting diseases, which are not more serious that those caused by other micro-organisms, the problem is that in case of infection it is possible that treatment involves hospitalization.

3. Ben Le Brun:

   It's ironic. The U.S. economy is starting to boom and crude oil prices are contracting in the opposite direction.

4. Marc Baum:

   Over 7,000 people a day are contracting HIV … mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, if we can make a dent in that with our technology, it would make an enormous impact.

5. Johnson:

   The round of a passionate man?s life is in contracting debts in his passion which his virtue obliges him to pay. He spends his time in outrage and acknowledgment, injury and reparation.