contractor
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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
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
Viridor said the breaches were caused by a third-party contractor and were very small in scale.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
He had said, in effect: “I found this contractor myself. He worked on the pool at my golf club.”
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
And wherever I’ve seen them there has always been a contractor in the background to smooth the way for them for a consideration.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing contractor
The Circuit
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