Sentence examples for has contracted in from inspiring English sources

But while the audience for snowboarding seems to be growing, the sport has contracted in other ways.

About 392,000 workers dropped out of the work force last month, and the size of the labor force has contracted in six of the last eight months.

Buying and importing those fuels is driving up costs and may lead to higher electricity bills and a further drag on an economy that has contracted in three of the past four years.

Critics say China's industry has an unfair advantage because of generous government subsidies (the market has contracted in Europe as subsidies wilt in the face of the debt crisis).

Ms. Palin's inner circle has contracted in recent months, with some of her closest longtime Alaska aides — including Meghan Stapleton, a spokeswoman, and Ivy Frye, who helped research her book, "Going Rogue" — departing.

The economy has contracted in four of the last five quarters and another dip in the period up to March, which is possible after the heavy snow, would lead to a third recession in four years.

Before March's gain, the index had contracted in three of the last four months.

New data showed that the French economy had contracted in the third quarter, by 0.1%.

Both the Dutch and Portuguese economies, which had contracted in the first quarter, rebounded, growing by 0.5% and 0.6% respectively.

World trade, which had contracted in the early 1930's, grew by 7.25percentt a year in the quarter-century after 1948.

In China, the vast manufacturing sector appears to have contracted in July for the first time in a year, according to the closely watched HSBC survey.