contractor
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They hired a contractor to remodel the kitchen.
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One of the regulars, Ariel Schneider, a small-time contractor, believes Palestinians don’t need a state.
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Delta residents have accused the state Department of Water Resources of already delegating too much decision-making to the water contractors that would benefit from them financially.
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How to respond to China’s growing naval power has preoccupied many of the admirals, ministers and defense contractors who are expected to begin assembling Friday at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore.
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And lots of that $6 trillion is somewhere too, in the bank accounts of defense contractors.
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Yet neither the high cost nor the poor performance has dampened enthusiasm in Congress or at the Pentagon — or among military contractors — for deploying missile defenses.
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Two defense contractors were sentenced in San Diego federal court to prison for conspiring to steal more than $3 million worth of medical equipment from Camp Pendleton that had been earmarked to help wounded Marines abroad.
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Security guards at Navy Pier on May 18 began protesting plans by new security contractor Allied Universal to replace them.
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Elsea, a contractor for Alliance Total Solutions, died from her injuries the next day.
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CONTRACTOR Defined for English Language Learners
contractor
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: a person who is hired to perform work or to provide goods at a certain price or within a certain time
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contractor
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: one that contracts: as a : one that contracts to perform work or provide supplies b : one that contracts to erect buildings
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