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contractor

[kon-trak-ter, kuhn-trak-ter] / ˈkɒn træk tər, kənˈtræk tər /
NOUN
builder
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And it is working with defense contractor RTX on the U.S.’s Golden Dome, a space-based missile-defense shield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Balfour Beatty, the United Kingdom construction contractor, is a rare operator sitting on $1.6 billion in net cash and is helping build energy infrastructure in Britain.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Viridor said the breaches were caused by a third-party contractor and were very small in scale.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

He had said, in effect: “I found this contractor myself. He worked on the pool at my golf club.”

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

Candice’s father eventually convinced her mother to let him bring in a contractor buddy to do a remodel.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson




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