subcontracts

verb

present tense third-person singular of subcontract
as in contracts
to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists.

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Recent Examples of subcontracts Schultz said that Legal Aid subcontracts some of the legal work in the program to groups such as Bet Tzedek and Inner City Law Center. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026 The company subcontracts installation to local contractors, leading to varied customer experiences. — Dan Simms, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 Customers who do business with the company must go through the Texas corporation, which subcontracts with Mentink and Collard's shop in southeastern Oklahoma. — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 6 Feb. 2026 The federal agency also subcontracts with other charter companies, including GlobalX, which handled more than half of DHS' charter flights in 2025, according to ICE Flight Monitor at Human Rights First, a group that tracks ICE deportation flights. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026 Next, there is the architectural designer who subcontracts out the filing of plans to license holders. — Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcontracts
  1. contracts
  2. pays
  3. places
  4. hires
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  • The department is looking to buy eight Skydio X10 drones from Axon, the same company the department contracts with to surveil cars in the city.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This means that immunity against other threats such as the common cold, flu or coronavirus can disappear if a person contracts measles without any existing immunity.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of contracts
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  • Every year, the Community Services District pays for engineer’s reports that outline each LLAD’s budget and calculate how the costs will be divided among property owners.
    — Haley Parsley August 9, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Risk maps and early warning systems cost relatively little, and a storage park pays a dividend every dry day as ordinary public space.
    — Ravi S. Bhalla, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of pays
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  • Cheap models could bring tutoring, translation, diagnostics, legal assistance, farm advice and small-business automation to places Western subscription pricing barely reaches.
    — Will Conaway, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • What the new vision misses The report places heavy emphasis on innovation, commercialization and technology deployment.
    — H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of places
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  • Circumstances won’t let her escape so easily, though, when their landlord, Ron (Glynn Turman), hires Diarra to track down his missing armoire.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 July 2026
  • Analyzing 120,000 graduates, researchers found that if a firm hires just one additional alum from a specific Ivy League sports team, the probability of another teammate joining rises by a remarkable 194%.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
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