contractor
noun
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The contractor has a number of tasks still needing completion before the road can close and construction can begin. — oregonlive.com, "Portland metro Tuesday traffic: Cornelius Pass Road closure target date moved to July 15," 2 July 2019 Officials at Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for the Orion program, have hailed the White House’s plans, and said Tuesday’s test cleared a major hurdle. — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, "NASA completes key test on Orion, the spacecraft Trump wants take astronauts to the moon," 2 July 2019 Beginning In the middle of May, the contractors began covering the wall in a layer of Shotcrete, a sprayable concrete product. — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, "Downtown mural covered in concrete, owner says wall had to be secured," 2 July 2019 The state’s lawsuit claims 20 violations of state law, including that neither the owner of the property nor the contractor posted signs warning of asbestos, as required by law. — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, "State sues owner of historic West Baltimore asylum, alleging illegal demolition spread asbestos into air," 2 July 2019 The contractor connected West 62nd Place to the parking lot. — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, "Cleveland engineer at center of 2017 City Hall raid pleads guilty to extortion, tax charges," 1 July 2019 The cost ballooned to $41.8 million before the district finally fired the contractor — after paying an additional $5 million in go-away money, the grand jury said. — Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, "$600 to wash a car that never got washed: Oakland schools’ ‘broken culture’," 30 June 2019 Also, ensure that the contractor is licensed by checking with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation at www.tdlr.texas.gov or call 800-803-9202. — Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, "BBB on Homes: Air conditioning maintenance hot topic this time of year," 30 June 2019 General Atomics is the contractor that operates the DIII-D program, which is a U.S. Department of Energy project. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, "A ‘significant leap’ in experiments at nuclear fusion project based at General Atomics," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'contractor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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