The phrase "a major contraction of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a significant reduction or decrease in size, scope, or intensity of something, such as an economy, a market, or a physical object.
Example: "The recent economic downturn has led to a major contraction of the job market, affecting thousands of workers."
Alternatives: "a significant reduction in" or "a substantial decrease of".
The end of the Cold War in the early 1990s resulted in a major contraction of U.S. defense industries.
Nevertheless, a major contraction of the industry occurred in both the United States and Britain; by 1949, in fact, the producers were essentially the same as those of the prewar period.
When these records are compared with our more recent surveys (2009 to 2011), a major contraction of the southern range margin of this keystone intertidal species (that is, from southern Morocco to central Portugal, latitudinal reduction of more than 1,200 km) is revealed.
The study, which came out on Election Day, estimates "the economic impact — in terms of jobs, compensation and tax revenues — of a major contraction involving one or more of the Detroit Three automakers," under two separate situations.
"They will now see significant collateral damage — a major contraction in growth, and the financial system will continue to implode.
Employment suffered a major contraction in December 1981 and January 1982, and workers did not see a stable market for about 10 months, including another big round of layoffs in July 1982.
For-profits reduced operating expenses more aggressively than not-for-profits but faced even larger reductions in revenues, suggesting a fairly major contraction in the intensity of services provided.
"The risk of a new major contraction can't be ruled out".
"Over the recent past, signs of emergence from the crisis have more than once given way to a renewed slowdown or even a double-dip recession in some countries," the report said, adding that "the risk of a new major contraction cannot be ruled out".
But both are also keen to find synergies and share their skills at a time of major contraction in the west, which has seen massive financial losses by firms such as Chrysler, General Motors (GM) and also Toyota.
Thus, the decline in nontyphoidal salmonellosis witnessed in the United Kingdom in recent years reflects this major contraction in reports of Salmonella Enteritidis PT4.
