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contractor

[kon-trak-ter, kuhn-trak-ter] / ˈkɒn træk tər, kənˈtræk tər /
NOUN
builder
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Canada’s MDA has a $1.1 billion contract with Globalstar as its prime contractor on the low Earth orbit constellation, which Globalstar operates and Apple uses for its own satellite connection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

A Durham Police officer told the coroner the force was contacted on 29 July 2024 after a contractor working on the building found a "small skeleton of a baby under the floorboards".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“LADOT has now received all verified legal documents and submitted them to our citation processing contractor to initiate the waiver process for the citation per the court order.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The four defense contractor stocks were up an average of 34% over the past 12 months, coming into Monday trading.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

And if a contractor got big enough, or ambitious enough, he started designing his own patterns and preparing his own fabric.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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