contracted

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Adding to its control over its computing infrastructure, Nebius owns rather than leases a large portion of its data-center footprint—more than 75% of its contracted power capacity, it said last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

She sent an email to the court saying she was "in fear" about attending court, claiming to have contracted Covid-19 and another unnamed virus, and asking for an adjournment.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

As it curbs imports through the use of inventories and reduced refinery runs, China is also reselling crude it was contracted to buy to other countries, often at a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Rows of green tobacco plants stretched towards the bush in a vast field of a crop that has rebounded to record levels in Zimbabwe, driven largely by smallholders contracted to Chinese firms.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Dr. Devèze had not only seen and treated yellow fever while living in the West Indies, he had contracted it twice.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy