contract
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The Navy selected Boeing for a contract worth more than $20 billion to build its next-generation F/A-XX jet fighter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Broadcaster Netflix said Alalshikh's The Ring and White would collaborate to promote the event, but Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn said his fighter's contract prevented White from having a promotional role.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Comments begin about Simmons, a guard on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract after missing last season with injuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the Taiwanese contract chipmaker that makes semiconductors for Nvidia among others, is reportedly eyeing a second site in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
The thought of the captain made Zheng’s heart contract.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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The other two starting positions, and even the last spots on the roster as the Lakers need to trim at least one player to reach the NBA-maximum of 15 guaranteed contracts by the Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Meanwhile, the contracts Amazon LEO has won with JetBlue and Delta show a new potential competitor in the low Earth orbit satellite market, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Another way the club attempted to pass the financial rules was to move expensive contracts for players and managers off the books.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
More than 30 million people watched January's college football national championship on TV while the major conferences -- regional groupings of universities that organize competition and negotiate media rights -- have signed multibillion-dollar broadcasting contracts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Third, he refused to sign any contracts, making it impossible for most corporations or individuals to proceed with any kind of legally binding arrangement.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Two brothers who contracted meningitis within a year of each other say they are lucky to be alive.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The energy company’s diverse portfolio of renewables offers positive exposure to gas and power prices, commodity price volatility, and long-term contracted sources of earnings and cash flows, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
While the index has stalled, the P/E ratio has contracted by more than 9%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Saudi gross domestic product contracted 4.7% from a year earlier in the second quarter, as the disruption to oil exports hammered activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sometimes the effort was grudging or minimal, but the vacant reaches in the human tale slowly contracted.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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When they get out, he says, they plan to start a contracting business together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni said the underlying condition made the infant especially vulnerable to severe illness after contracting measles.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Employers in the country cut a net 41,700 jobs in August, though with the participation rate dipping slightly and the labor force contracting, the unemployment rate remained at 6.4%, Statistics Canada said Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
When making a large purchase or contracting for a service, you might feel shy about asking the seller to lower their price, but it is a good habit to get into.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Thus intelligent life could not exist in the contracting phase of the universe.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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