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contract

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






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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

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

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

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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