under contract
idiom
: required to provide something (such as work or a service) according to the terms stated in a contract
She is under contract with the TV station for three more years.
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By extending Wattenberg, the Broncos will have all five of their Week 1 starters from this season under contract next year.
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Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2025
The Athletic's Tim Britton recently projected Bellinger for a seven-year, $182 million deal, but there's probably a creative way the Yankees could structure that deal to keep the luxury tax payroll down for one year while Grisham is still under contract.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Lutz put pen to paper Monday upon arriving back at the team’s facility and now is under contract through 2028.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
Ebsen — who’d later go on to star as Jed Clampett in the 1962-71 CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies — was under contract with MGM in the 1930s.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
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Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2025
The Athletic's Tim Britton recently projected Bellinger for a seven-year, $182 million deal, but there's probably a creative way the Yankees could structure that deal to keep the luxury tax payroll down for one year while Grisham is still under contract.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Lutz put pen to paper Monday upon arriving back at the team’s facility and now is under contract through 2028.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
Ebsen — who’d later go on to star as Jed Clampett in the 1962-71 CBS sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies — was under contract with MGM in the 1930s.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Under contract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20contract. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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