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Example sentences for: contracted

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When we come to try to read sense into it, some might think that it may be contracted from some longer expression, such as Oh! dear me.
The Group Model division of HPHC included 16 medical groups in 1993 that contracted with the HMO on a non-exclusive basis, i.e. they were exclusive with regard to other managed care plans, but not with respect to indemnity insurance.
They theorize that humans contracted the virus by hunting these chimps and handling their meat.
Their results suggested that working adults were responsible for introducing 32% of the colds their families contracted [ 5 6 7 ] . More recently, a study of Finnish office workers suggested that workers who share offices are at increased risk of colds, although this study failed to conclude if the infections were transmitted as airborne infections or were transmitted by either large droplets or direct contact [ 8 ] .
GSK contracted football star Ricky Williams to sell social anxiety disorder, helping make paroxetine (Paxil)—briefly—the world's top-selling antidepressant.