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as in guarantees
a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation
accused her of breaking their contract by not completing the decorating job on budget
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as in agreements
an arrangement about action to be taken
a contract outlining what needed to be done by each person
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as in gets
to become affected with (a disease or disorder)
before vaccines were invented, people lived in fear of contracting polio
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as in shrinks
to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter
metal contracts at low temperatures
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as in compresses
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
contract the calf muscles in your legs
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as in covenants
to come to an arrangement as to a course of action
the farmer contracted for delivery of the hay by the first of July
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Recent Examples of contracts
Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2026
Heyman put the onus on Rhodes – the face of the blue brand – to make Gunther sign the contracts.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
The City Council directed the city auditor to review its contracts with the Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness, an agency that has received city funds to support efforts around homelessness.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
Other recommendations from the NFL include a request for the CFTC to create a unique certification process for contracts that are related to an individual player's performance or susceptible to manipulation.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Fearing investigations and the loss of government contracts, dozens of the nation's largest companies, from McDonald's to Facebook owner Meta, modified or scrapped diversity programs to stay off the administration's radar.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 15 May 2026
According to Markland, contracts have suddenly become significantly more complex.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The independent magazine Groza counted at least 270 Russian academic institutions promoting military contracts to their students in the fifth year of the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Hardship contracts last a week and expire once a team has 10 available players.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 May 2026
When someone contracts a hantavirus infection, the symptoms don’t show up for anywhere from one week and two months.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
The Attorney General’s Office news release said Park Pointe contracts with approximately 70 HOAs around the state.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026
Lowe's does not do the flooring installation in-house, but contracts the work out to local flooring installers.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 6 May 2026
This music expands and contracts time.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 1 May 2026
An additional $10 million is going to canine security guard staffing, for which the CTA contracts privately.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The city contracts with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
An aging society, combined with the sorry state of hospitals, means that the overall number of deaths keeps rising even as the population contracts.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
Surrogacy contracts that treat preborn lives as transferable goods should be outlawed.
—Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2026
Heyman put the onus on Rhodes – the face of the blue brand – to make Gunther sign the contracts.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
The City Council directed the city auditor to review its contracts with the Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness, an agency that has received city funds to support efforts around homelessness.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
Other recommendations from the NFL include a request for the CFTC to create a unique certification process for contracts that are related to an individual player's performance or susceptible to manipulation.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Fearing investigations and the loss of government contracts, dozens of the nation's largest companies, from McDonald's to Facebook owner Meta, modified or scrapped diversity programs to stay off the administration's radar.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 15 May 2026
According to Markland, contracts have suddenly become significantly more complex.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The independent magazine Groza counted at least 270 Russian academic institutions promoting military contracts to their students in the fifth year of the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Hardship contracts last a week and expire once a team has 10 available players.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
Verb
Derivatives contracts that hedge against inflation risk are around their highest since October 2025 but still relatively tame, and futures traders expect Fed officials largely to sit on their hands until the inflation storm passes.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 May 2026
When someone contracts a hantavirus infection, the symptoms don’t show up for anywhere from one week and two months.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
The Attorney General’s Office news release said Park Pointe contracts with approximately 70 HOAs around the state.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026
Lowe's does not do the flooring installation in-house, but contracts the work out to local flooring installers.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 6 May 2026
This music expands and contracts time.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 1 May 2026
An additional $10 million is going to canine security guard staffing, for which the CTA contracts privately.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The city contracts with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
An aging society, combined with the sorry state of hospitals, means that the overall number of deaths keeps rising even as the population contracts.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contracts
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Money-back and lowest-price guarantees apply to tax resolution services only and cannot be applied to any other services offered by Alleviate Tax Relief.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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Iranian officials have also asked for their flag and anthem to be respected, and for security guarantees at airports, hotels and stadiums.—
Khaled Wassef,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Separately, HiCloud also signed operational agreements with partners, including Shenergy Group, Shanghai Telecom, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering, and others.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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This bill would authorize the state to enter into agreements with individual bargaining units to roll out the holiday.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
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The neighborhood/area Brickell gets a bad rep among visitors as Miami Beach’s boring, business-minded sibling, but a quick walk from the hotel will reveal the up-and-coming neighborhood to be an energizing community lined with vibrant (and clean) shops, restaurants, and bars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Favreau, working from a script co-authored with Lucasfilm president Dave Filoni and Book of Boba Fett writer Noah Kloor, gets the action going in the first few minutes, as if to reassure fans that the leap to the big screen means something.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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Foundation and soil issues Charlotte sits in the Piedmont region, where red clay soil expands when wet and shrinks when dry.—
Ryan Brennan
May 15,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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Some CEOs see the increase in gas prices as an opportunity to steal more market share as the overall pie of restaurant spending shrinks.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
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The moment everyone sees it, the return compresses and disappears.—
Alexander Foster,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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But the window that Pawlikowski chooses for Fatherland is defiantly compact, a stretch of time that the director compresses even more to place the suicide of Erika’s brother Klaus, which happened in the south of France two months before, within the space of the trip.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The promotion, which does not yet have any media distribution deals or fighters signed, has ambitions for a debut in the first quarter of 2027.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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There are Netflix documentaries, Florida real estate deals and investments in a slew of startups.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Pickett and Grier are signed to one-year pacts.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the deals are done project by project, rather than via the older model of pacts that paid out millions in development funds and compensation over three or four years.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Power—the explosive, fast-twitch capacity that catches you mid-fall—goes first.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
15 May 2026
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All this will come to the fore when Apple eventually sorts out its own AI strategy and catches iPhone up with other platforms.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Contracts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contracts. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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