contracted
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As a result, the army, navy and air force contracted.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Choy says the deal advances TransAlta’s strategy to increase contracted Ebitda, expand in its core markets and build a more predictable earnings base.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Blue Origin has been slated to launch some 30% of those contracted satellites, according to Amazon, which has contracted launches with Arianespace and ULA as well.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
“With a differentiated architecture, a step-change in contracted revenue from OpenAI and AWS, and a market only now learning to pay for speed, we see an asymmetric, upside-skewed setup,” wrote Wedbush’s Bryson.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The massive wheels tore deep trenches into the hard soil, the engine screamed, and my world contracted to noise and the stark, blinding headlight.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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