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farm out

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contract out work
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ADP’s figures are based on job-creation data gleaned from the millions of businesses that farm out their payroll operations to the Roseland, N.J.-based company.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

Ubisoft's restructuring will farm out many of its dozens of studios worldwide into an industry-first system of five "creative houses", each dedicated to developing a different genre of game.

From Barron's Jan. 21, 2026

The cuts led to rumors that 343 would farm out development of the Halo series to other game companies.

From Seattle Times Jan. 31, 2023

According to Nerd Stash, Owen has always been overprotective of Luke, even prohibiting the young boy from leaving the family farm out of fear that Luke will someday turn out like his dear old dad.

From Salon May 5, 2022

All they had to do was come down and make a farm out of it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls



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