The phrase "a significant contraction of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a notable reduction or decrease in size, scope, or extent of something.
Example: "The recent economic policies have led to a significant contraction of the labor market."
Alternatives: "a considerable reduction in" or "a notable decrease in".
Jeremy Hunt's offer of an 11 per cent rise in basic pay, she said, came with a significant contraction of what were considered 'antisocial hours' attracting higher pay rates.
These countries currently face a significant contraction of both public investment in infrastructure and private investment in buildings and, as a result, the unemployment is particularly noticeable in the civil engineering and building sectors.
Cuscuta obtusiflora has extensive deletion in those areas too, but also exhibits a significant contraction of the IR, largely through pseudogene loss relative to Epifagus.
Coadministration resulted in a significant contraction of the volume of distribution of primaquine and a subsequent increase in plasma primaquine maximum concentrations.
Variable temperature XRPD also showed a significant contraction of the lattice when heated above the first endotherm, which was attributed to the loss of the tartaric acid.
When analyzing the bond length alternation in DMA-1T, one can recognize a significant contraction of the C1 C1′ thiophene bond as well as the C2 C3 linkage, whereas the C1 C2 bond is elongated.
The overall decrease in handle is one of the forces that resulted in a significant contraction in the number of race days at tracks throughout the country.
We noticed that Calvarial (n = 17) and SaOS-2 (n = 21) cells (Fig. 6A and D) underwent a significant contraction within 1 minute of exposure to dcEF (Figs. 6B and E).
We collected 665 families of size ≥10 that showed an expansion for one (or more) insect species, and 51 families that have a significant contraction in at least one of the insects.
The evolution of the Glomeralles also appeared to be associated with such changes in the GH32 family, where a significant contraction was observed at the base of the Plectosphaerellaceae with its alkaliphilic representatives [ 82], while the Glomerellaceae clade with its plant pathogens [ 83] were associated with several significant expansions.
