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outsource

[out-sawrs, ‑-sohrs] / ˈaʊtˌsɔrs, ‑ˌsoʊrs /
VERB
contract out
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The company has chosen to outsource a portion of its AI capabilities through a partnership with Google Gemini.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Back then they were making, at most, 10 a day; now they outsource manufacturing to China.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

They are offered a further incentive by the system, in that if they outsource production to a workshop the compensation they have to pay is reduced.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

With Chinese companies having taken the lead in developing electric vehicles, he did not exclude the company deciding to outsource electrification to its Chinese partners.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

But they were happy to outsource it to Skadden, Arps.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

An investigation found that Boeing had improperly fitted the outsourced fuselage and door plug parts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Because springing for and maintaining a fleet of its own is costly, ICE has historically outsourced its deportation flights to private companies or used military and Coast Guard vessels.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

The alternative to outsourced childcare has a few invisible price tags, however.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The life I pictured appeared in View-Master slides, each image crisp and complete, with all the inconvenient connective tissue outsourced.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

I had heard that JetBlue had outsourced its entire reservation system to housewives in Utah, and I wanted to check this out.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

Under the new regime, Boeing, which was a Seattle institution as well as manufacturing legend, began outsourcing, with Dreamliner parts coming in from around the globe, not always fitting together and resulting in flawed craft.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The prison - which has a maximum capacity for about 900 inmates - came under the control of another outsourcing firm Sodexo on 16 February 2023.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Decades ago they started outsourcing to executive-branch agencies the task of nitty-gritty legislating.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Some developing economies face the threat of big job losses as AI tools are deployed, particularly those that have relied on the outsourcing of business processes, such as call centers and back-office services.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

While filming the documentary about outsourcing, the TV crew and I spent an evening at the Indian-owned “24/7 Customer” call center in Bangalore.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman



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