Millions of people probably came into contact with infected meat, though it is not clear how many will actually contract the disease, Dr. Smith said.

But he and most other analysts said it was unlikely that business activity would actually contract rather than grow at a slow pace.

Century by century it increased; and even those who did not actually contract the sickness lived in constant terror of madness.

The library actually contracted for the system before the software was written.

The European Commission forecast that the economy of the 12-member monetary union might actually contract in the first quarter of 2003.

When he subtracted foreign aid from that total, however, he found that the economy actually contracted 0.2 percent a year over the same period.

The "M4" money supply (which takes in everything, including that note you promised to cough up later) is actually contracting.

Ebon actually contracted with the National Geographic Society for the use of their teams for this effort.

The survey also says that ten per cent of the county's companies think the market will actually contract in the next six months.

His hand pressed lightly against her stomach, and it was almost as though her womb actually contracted beneath his touch.