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- Because these symptoms are often mistaken for the common cold, patients are often unaware they have contracted Shen Fever.
p. 19.2 *contracted = caught or became infected with
- From the moment of contraction, symptoms may develop over the course of one to four weeks, based on the strength of the patient's immune system.
p. 19.4contraction = time catches a disease or infection
- The gemstone supplier that Spectra had initially contracted for the job had unexpectedly closed.
p. 23.9contracted = made an agreement of payment for services
- The supplier is putting all its contract jobs on hold.
p. 24.7contract = temporary work that’s based on an agreement
- They contract these projects out to us, we contract them out to the manufacturing plants, typically in Southeast Asia.
p. 74.5contract = hire an outside company to do a job through a formal agreement
- They contract these projects out to us, we contract them out to the manufacturing plants, typically in Southeast Asia.
p. 74.5
- A lot of the designer brands contract the factories out here.
p. 100.7
- She had probably contracted the fever earlier, he said slowly, thinking aloud.
p. 143.8contracted = caught or became infected with
- The "fever" is contracted by breathing in microscopic fungal spores.
p. 148.1contracted = caught or picked up
- Because these symptoms are often mistaken for the common cold, patients are often unaware they have contracted Shen Fever.
p. 148.9contracted = caught or became infected with
- From the moment of contraction, symptoms may develop over the course of one to four weeks, based on the strength of the patient's immune system.
p. 149.3contraction = the time someone catches a disease or infection
- Shen Fever is contracted by breathing in microscopic spores in the air.
p. 149.4contracted = caught or picked up
- Has anyone contracted Shen Fever?
p. 213.8contracted = caught or became infected with
- It was a contract.
p. 217.7contract = formal legal agreement
- Spectra holds the rights to extend the contract, if necessary.
p. 217.8
- He put his hand over the contract.
p. 218.3
- This arrangement—my eyes flicked to the contract in front of me—just makes my time more worthwhile.
p. 218.7contract = formal agreement
- I stood up, and with the sheaf of papers gripped in my hands, I saw myself out and walked the length of hallway toward my desk, where, not even bothering to sit down at my rolling chair or read the whole thing through, I laid it out and scanned it—the hours I would be at the office, the direct deposit payment, the liability disclaimer in the event that I contracted Shen Fever—and signed it, my signature riddled with seismic tremors caused by my shaking hand.
p. 219.8contracted = caught or became infected with
- I owed it to my contract.
p. 235.1contract = formal legal agreement
- But right now, I'm still thinking I'd like to fulfill the terms of the contract.
p. 238.3
- I have a contract that stipulates I have to work in the office until a certain date, I explained stiffly, defensively.
p. 251.1
- You may want to consider that if you intend on carrying out this contract.
p. 251.5
- The city had contracted Sentinel to protect public institutions from looters.
p. 255.9 *contracted = hired an outside company to do a job through a formal agreement
- The day my contract was up.
p. 272.9contract = formal legal agreement
- Carole from HR had sent the contract as a PDF attachment, which I opened again.
p. 273.1
- I hadn't thought of what I would do when the contract ended.
p. 273.3
- But even if I was no longer contracted by Spectra, did it matter?
p. 273.5contracted = in a formal legal agreement to provide services
Definitions:
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(1)
(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law
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(2)
(contract as in: contract the disease) to get -- especially in reference to a disease
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(3)
(contract as in: the metal contracted in the cold) when something gets shorter or smaller
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A grammatical sense of the word form contraction describes can't as a shortened form of can not.