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contractor

[kon-trak-ter, kuhn-trak-ter] / ˈkɒn træk tər, kənˈtræk tər /
NOUN
builder
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Abehsera, Kushner’s partner, described the video as “horrific,” and said it was a bad decision to put up the fence, one he attributed to an unnamed third-party contractor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 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

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

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

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

She had a contractor paint the rooms the colors of sweet peas and corn on the cob.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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