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contractor

[kon-trak-ter, kuhn-trak-ter] / ˈkɒn træk tər, kənˈtræk tər /
NOUN
builder
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But between 2018 and 2020, an Internal Revenue Service contractor leaked a large number of wealthy Americans’ tax returns to the media, and Trump’s was among them.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

The research received funding from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

This doomed seedling was part of a National Park Service planting effort to replace dozens of Joshua trees cut down by a Southern California Edison contractor tasked with protecting the company’s power lines.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

A former IRS contractor pleaded guilty in 2023 to leaking the tax returns of Trump and other wealthy Americans to the media and received a five-year prison sentence.

From Barron's • May 18, 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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