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contractor

[kon-trak-ter, kuhn-trak-ter] / ˈkɒn træk tər, kənˈtræk tər /
NOUN
builder
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Private contractor Serco confirmed it was transporting the prisoner, and said it was "investigating".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

SpaceX is a much smaller government contractor than big defense companies like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 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

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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