contracted
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Mutual Housing contracted with Guerdon Modular Buildings, another Idaho-based manufacturer with among the longest track records in the industry.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Airgas also told the client that it would add a surcharge of $13.50 per hundred cubic feet above the contracted price.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Eventually we learned I had an immune condition; I also had mono, which felt cosmically unfair considering I had not yet been kissed and suspected I’d contracted it from the skating rink water fountain.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
The BBC says "while we do not comment on matters relating to individuals we can confirm Scott Mills is no longer contracted and has left the BBC".
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Sometimes the effort was grudging or minimal, but the vacant reaches in the human tale slowly contracted.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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