contractor
Example Sentences
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He enjoyed building and fixing things, but he wasn’t sure he wanted to become a contractor or a builder.
From Literature
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NovaGold in the last quarter of 2025 called for proposals from specialist contractors to work on power, oxygen plants and other infrastructure for a mine.
Homes are months behind schedule, and contractors face an uphill battle to recruit more workers to finish them.
It has built a global workforce of contractors with various skills: from coders and comedians, to doctors and lawyers, to teach their skills to AI.
From Los Angeles Times
Two-thirds of contractors in the state report labor shortages.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.