Contracted
Contracted adjective - Reduced in size or pulled together.
Short and contracted are semantically related In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Contracted".
Short
Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
Contracted and short are semantically related in concise topic. Sometimes you can use "Contracted" instead an adjective "Short".
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The first short sub-contracted to Format Films, and the only Larriva Road Runner with a scene-specific score.
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However, she was not sure about it, as she had contracted cancer a short time earlier.
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On the Looney Tunes short "Hare Tonic", Elmer Fudd rushes into the shower when he thinks he has contracted "the dread disease Rabititus" from Bugs Bunny.
Source: Non-Nude Bathing
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