contracts

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A smaller oil producer and less affluent country than most of its peers in the Persian Gulf, Muscat lacks the muscle inside the Beltway that comes with big business and military contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

They are negotiated with broadcast partners and were primarily designed to prop up the value of contracts with cable and satellite companies, many of which have since withered and died.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The reason was that he wanted three other CBF staff members - whom he credited with helping him to adapt in Brazil - to have their contracts extended until 2030, too.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

This June’s expiration is what’s known as quadruple witching, when contracts for stock options, index options, index futures and single-stock futures expire simultaneously.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

It is an institutional fact because contracts depend on the interpretation of dates.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton