Contract and Expanded

Contract

Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).

Expanded is an antonym for contract.

Expanded

Expanded adjective - Increased in extent or size or bulk or scope.

Contract is an antonym for expanded in topics: extend, go into detail.

Both words in one sentence

  • Read the Fine Print In one Star Trek Expanded Universe novels, Wesley Crusher ends up selling himself into slavery by signing a Ferengi contract without reading.
  • Writer on Board And before anyone says that her stories are no longer canon, the Expanded Universe had the situation covered before her contract had even finished.
  • Canon Discontinuity While the Expanded Universe novels got away with referencing the cartoons, in 1989 Paramount put into its contract with DC Comics that writers could not use or reference the cartoon, much to writer Peter David's horror.
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