contractor
Example Sentences
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Defense contractors have responded with new investments but stopped short of making big bets without the multiyear government orders that experts say are needed to justify them.
The defense contractor York Space Systems upsized its initial public offering on Wednesday, as it prepares to test investor appetite for another space-technology provider.
From MarketWatch
After National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked classified government espionage activities in 2013, many European politicians responded with anger External link and calls for stronger privacy protections.
From Barron's
Senior executives at major defense contractors started disappearing, too, being replaced, dismissed from public office, or formally placed under investigation.
Many more people live in federal and state prisons where private contractors often source the food and medical care, or receive easy labor from its inhabitants.
From Salon
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