Contractions

The `contractions` library is a Python package (v0.1.73) designed for natural language processing (NLP) to expand English contractions and common slang terms into their full forms. It handles contractions like `you're` to `you are` and slang like `yall` to `you all`, aiming to standardize text for further analysis. It processes text by replacing shortened words and can also be extended with custom contraction rules. The library's last release was in November 2022, and it maintains a relatively stable release cadence.