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. Jayde Powell:

   As a pre-med student, I know that people who are older or people who have heart, lung or immune conditions are especially at risk for contracting the virus.

2. Mark Fox:

   The reason that I think most people think the hiccups occur( in the uterus) is that it is actually training the respiratory muscles in the womb... because you do need to breathe just as soon as you're born. By repeatedly contracting and relaxing the diaphragm and the( other) breathing muscles, it trains the baby.

3. 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.

4. Finance Minister Luis Videgaray:

   It is more efficient to adjust spending early in the year before the ministries begin contracting, so we are thinking about doing something in the next few days or weeks, we will announce the specific amount shortly.

5. Anuja Dokras:

   I had some of these underlying symptoms, my body was able to just manage them to a point for most of my life, and then contracting Covid really just wiped out all of my body's defenses and ability to regulate anything.