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contract

[kon-trakt, kuhn-trakt] / ˈkɒn trækt, kənˈtrækt /






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OCI has an astounding $553 billion backlog as of three months ago, over half of which is a single multiyear contract with OpenAI.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

They cited a 1923 contract between Edison and Pacific Electric Railway Co. that said that “leakage of electricity or induction from or between” conductors was an inherent risk of operating multiple electrical circuits in proximity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Prediction market Kalshi referred Santos’s suspected trading in a contract that referenced his own appearance at the State of the Union.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Healey added that if a defence contract is "sent overseas", the industry will be required to create jobs in the UK, in what he called a "British offset".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Yet all these gases have very basic properties in common: heat them up and they expand; cool them down and they contract.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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