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contract

[kon-trakt, kuhn-trakt] / ˈkɒn trækt, kənˈtrækt /






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The layoffs, outlined in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday, will affect about 180 staff and contract positions across BuzzFeed and its sister brands HuffPost and Tasty.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Ford Motor F 0.45%increase; green up pointing triangle is chasing its biggest military contract since the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

"It's done. We signed a legally binding contract about three months ago," Matchroom's Hearn said.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The larvae can alter the pH of the sac walls, causing the resilin to expand or contract.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

“Our contract specifically stated there would be dog tricks.”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Lyle Cherneff: Maryland historian Richard Paul Fugate estimates that between 3,000 and 4,000 children, in the first weeks after emancipation alone, were re-enslaved through these fraudulent indenture contracts.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Joshua and Fury have signed separate contracts with Alalshikh, who is financing the fight.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The best-positioned companies are those whose data-center revenue is generated from customers under long-term contracts that involve direct payment.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Both main oil contracts sank on Monday, with Brent shedding more than seven percent at one point to briefly drop back below $90.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Bacon writes of ‘the law of nature and the mutual contracts of things’: he is paraphrasing Lucretius.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He worked for a logistics company contracted by Coupang.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

There have been at least two infants who have contracted measles so far this year in California — both of whom traveled internationally before falling ill.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The company reported $29 billion in remaining performance obligations, a measure of contracted business yet to be recognized as revenue.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

CoreWeave loans are backed by contracts with customers who must pay for contracted CoreWeave assets whether they use them or not, according to de Peña.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Stoically, Le Gentil packed up his instruments and set off for the nearest port, but en route he contracted dysentery and was laid up for nearly a year.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

These are examples of a Big Tech hyperscaler contracting directly for power.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

People with sickle cell are often at an increased risk of contracting serious infections or they can become anaemic, which is when red blood cells cannot carry enough oxygen around the body.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The trap began with a routine bureaucratic ritual: the head of a family-run contracting company and a small town public-works director trading emails about when the municipality would cut a six-figure check for utility work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

None of those justifications appear to apply here, according to contracting experts and former staffers consulted by ProPublica.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

The circle was contracting because it wanted to touch the knights—not now, not for half an hour or so, not until the examination was over, perhaps never.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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