Contract and Press

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Contract

Contract verb - Squeeze or press together.

Usage example: the spasm contracted the muscle

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Press is a synonym for contract in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Press" instead a verb "Contract", when it comes to topics like compress.

Nearby Words: contracted, contraction, contracting, contractual, contractor

Press

Press verb - To push steadily against with some force.

Usage example: an old doorbell that requires you to press the button hard

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Contract is a synonym for press in compress topic. Sometimes you can use "Contract" instead a verb "Press".

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

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How words are described

old	old contract	old press
good	good contract	good press
better	better contract	better press
standard	standard contract	standard press
Other adjectives: single, actual, large, huge, bad, terrible, social, new, major, final, military.

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character

contract character

press character

Both words in one sentence

In The Power of the Press, the prophecy turned out to be stronger than the contract, making the Goblet explode, while in Banking on Her it was Barty Crouch Jr.

Source: Magically Binding Contract
He uses this as leverage to get the owner of Wire-Data to sign a contract promising not to press charges.

Source: Series / Waterloo Road
As this suggests, most of them are a skewed Discworld version of Roguish (the Pirates' Code is complicated enough that they've been known to press-gang contract lawyers), although there are also Brutes available if the PCs need to be seriously menaced.

Source: Pirate aka: Pirates

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