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 union, in a series of demands made to FIFA and the Kroenkes this week, is also sounding the alarm about the use of subcontractors operating at SoFi Stadium, while also demanding that FIFA does not permit any artificial intelligence or automation at the arena, which may eliminate union jobs.
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Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The company also is a subcontractor for training astronauts in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston, which prepares them for spacewalks and recovery after a splashdown.
—Brandon Lingle, Austin American Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Parker said a subcontractor working at the parking garage was in the process of installing precast concrete flooring, decking and roofing segments, and one of them failed.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The station cited Parker as saying that eight permits were properly issued, and all inspections were up to date and that the collapse happened when a roof segment being installed by a subcontractor failed.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
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Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
The company also is a subcontractor for training astronauts in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston, which prepares them for spacewalks and recovery after a splashdown.
—Brandon Lingle, Austin American Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Parker said a subcontractor working at the parking garage was in the process of installing precast concrete flooring, decking and roofing segments, and one of them failed.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The station cited Parker as saying that eight permits were properly issued, and all inspections were up to date and that the collapse happened when a roof segment being installed by a subcontractor failed.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Subcontractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcontractor. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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