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contractor

[kon-trak-ter, kuhn-trak-ter] / ˈkɒn træk tər, kənˈtræk tər /
NOUN
builder
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In other words, a federal contract doesn’t have to expressly specify that a contractor perform an action for it to be covered by the removal statute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Feinberg for months privately criticized contractor RTX about the pace of negotiations to speed its production of AMRAAM, Standard Missile and Tomahawk munitions, according to people familiar with the exchanges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

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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