subcontractor
noun
sub·con·trac·tor
ˌsəb-ˈkän-ˌtrak-tər 
ˌsəb-kən-ˈtrak-
: an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract
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The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on Thursday charged Brian Ramos, 25, of Edina, the owner of a roofing subcontractor known as Liminis Remodeling and Exteriors with two felony counts of worker’s compensation insurance premium fraud.
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Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
Concrete subcontractors, electrical subcontractors and traffic signal installers are three of those business types for which the city has already set up training to build capacity, McKinney said.
—Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
But the program has faced nearly a decade of delays from a series of issues, including a critical subcontractor’s bankruptcy and the difficulty of finding and retaining qualified staff who could be awarded high-level security clearances.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 2 May 2026
The Fort Worth City Council will consider a tax incentive for a Lockheed-Martin subcontractor to help the company provide more jobs.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
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Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
Concrete subcontractors, electrical subcontractors and traffic signal installers are three of those business types for which the city has already set up training to build capacity, McKinney said.
—Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
But the program has faced nearly a decade of delays from a series of issues, including a critical subcontractor’s bankruptcy and the difficulty of finding and retaining qualified staff who could be awarded high-level security clearances.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 2 May 2026
The Fort Worth City Council will consider a tax incentive for a Lockheed-Martin subcontractor to help the company provide more jobs.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Subcontractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcontractor. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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