contracting

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“There’s a cost, and ethics and contracting questions that all come up whenever you mention anything with the border wall,” Amey said.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

A charity has called for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines after a teenage boy in Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

"Farmers are rendered mere labourers of the contracting companies and a number of them become trapped in debt," he said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The company agreed to pay the federal government more than $17 million to settle allegations that it failed to comply with antidiscrimination requirements in contracting by considering diversity in employment decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

This would mean that the contracting phase would be like the time reverse of the expanding phase.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking